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Publication Fischer (1872): summary

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Fischer. 1872. Ann. Lyceum New York 10.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Cyrenocapsa Fischer, 1872

Fischer, 1872. Ann. Lyceum New York 10: 195.
Type species: Cyrenoida floridana Dall, 1896 = Cyrenoida floridana

Leptosiphon Fischer, 1872

Fischer, 1872. Ann. Lyceum New York 10: 195.
Type species: Cyclas caroliniana Bosc, 1801 = Polymesoda caroliniana

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