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Publication Conrad (1857): summary

Full Citation

Conrad, T.A. 1857. Description of a new genus of the family Dreissenidæ. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 9: 167. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Mytilopsis Conrad, 1857

Conrad, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 167.
Type species: Mytilus leucophaeatus Conrad, 1831 (monotypy) = Mytilopsis leucophaeata

Attributed Nominal Species

Mytilus leucophaeatus Conrad, 1831 = Mytilopsis leucophaeata

Conrad, 1831. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 263, pl. 11, fig. 13.
Conrad, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 167.

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