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Publication Benson (1858): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Benson, W.H. 1858. Characters of Tanysiphon, a new genus of fluviatile shells, allied to the Myacidæ. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 1 (3rd series): 407-410. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Tanysiphon Benson, 1858
Benson, 1858. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1: 407.
Type species: Tanysiphon rivalis Benson, 1858 = Tanysiphon rivalis

Attributed Nominal Species

Novaculina gangetica Benson, 1830
Benson, 1830. Glean. Sci. 2: 63.
Benson, 1858. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1: 408, pl. 12B, fig. 4.

Tanysiphon rivalis Benson, 1858
Benson, 1858. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1: 408, pl. 12B, figs. 1-3.

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