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Publication Benson (1834): summary
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Complete Citation

Benson, W.H. 1834. A collection of land and fresh-water shells, formed in the Gangetic Provinces of India. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: 89-91. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Scaphula Benson, 1834
Benson, 1834. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 91.
Benson, 1836. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 5: 750.
Benson, 1856. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 17: 128.
Type species: Scaphula celox Benson, 1836 (sub. desig. by of Authors, 0) = Scaphula celox

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