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Publication Sowerby (1824): summary

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Sowerby, G.B. 1824. Description of a new species of Iridina. Zoological Journal 1: 53. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27570780.

Attributed Nominal Species

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Iridina nilotica Cailliaud, 1823 = Mutela dubia

Cailliaud, 1823. Voyage à Meroe, Atlas 2: pl. 60, fig. 11.
Sowerby, 1824. Zool. Jour. 1: 53, pl. 2.
SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0280, Bahr Yousef, Egypte.

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