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Publication Kat (1987): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Kat, P.W. 1987. Biogeography and evolution of African freshwater molluscs: implications of a Miocene assemblage from Rusinga Island, Kenya. Palaeontology 30(4): 733-742. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Pleiodon lanceolatum Kat, 1987
Kat, 1987. Palaeontology 30(4): 737, text fig. 2A.

Pleiodon rusingae Kat, 1987
Kat, 1987. Palaeontology 30(4): 737, text fig. 2D.

Taxonomic Opinions

Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807

Pleiodon lanceolatum sp. nov.

Pleiodon moharensis (Gautier, 1965)
+ Iridina (Pliodon) subelongata Gautier, 1965

Pleiodon rusingae sp. nov.

Pleiodon tavernieri (Gautier, 1965)

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