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Publication Pennant (1777): summary

publication summary

Full Citation

Pennant, T. 1777. British Zoology, etc. 4. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio elongata Lamarck, 1819 = Margaritifera margaritifera

Pennant, 1777. British Zool. 4: pl. 43, fig. 18.
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 70, sp. 2.
Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPE MNHN_MPL_0028, Habite dans les rivières de l’Angleterre, et probablement du nord de l’Europe [Lives in the rivers of England and Northern Europe probably].

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