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Publication Lydeard et al. (1999): summary
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Complete Citation

Lydeard, C., J.T. Garner, P. Hartfield & J.D. Williams. 1999. Freshwater mussels in the Gulf Region: Alabama. Gulf of Mexico Science 17(2): 125-134. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio hanleyanus Conrad, 1853
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 250.
Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 46, sp. 249.
B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [3].
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 759.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 780.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 42, sp. 175.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 256.
Burch, 1975. Freshw. Unio. North Amer.: 13.
Turgeon et al., 1988. Am. Fisher. Soc. Spec. Publ. (16): 32.
Williams et al., 1993. Fisheries 18(9): 13.
Parmalee & Bogan, 1998. The Freshwater Mussels of Tennessee: 184.
Lydeard et al., 1999. Gulf Mex. Sci. 17(2): 129.

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