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Publication Benson (1856): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Benson, W.H. 1856. Amended description of the genus Scaphula, Benson, a freshwater form of the Arcacea; with characters of a new species from Tenasserim. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 17 (2nd series): 127-129. 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

Attributed Nominal Species

Scaphula celox Benson, 1836
Benson, 1830. Glean. Sci. 2: pl. 7, figs. 2-3.
Benson, 1836. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 5: 750.
Benson, 1856. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 17: 129.

Scaphula pinna Benson, 1856
Benson, 1856. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 17: 128.

Taxonomic Opinions

Scaphula celox Benson

Scaphula pinna n.s.

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