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Publication Dunker (1849): summary

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Dunker, G. 1849. Diagnoses molluscorum novorum. Zeitschr. f. Malakozool. 5(12): 177-186. Available electronically.

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Unio besckeanus Dunker, 1849 = Diplodon ellipticus

Dunker, 1849. Z. Malak. 5(12): 182.
Type(s): TYPE ZMB_108714, Parahiba porta da Cunha, Minas Geraes.

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Unio coriaceus Dunker, 1849 = Diplodon multistriatus

Dunker, 1849. Z. Malak. 5(12): 181.
Type(s): TYPE ZMB_108716, [no locality available - South America].

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Unio granuliferus Dunker, 1849 = Diplodon multistriatus

Dunker, 1849. Z. Malak. 5(12): 182.
Pfeiffer, 1860. Novit. Conch. 2(13): 150, pl. 39, figs. 1, 3.
Type(s): TYPE ZMB_108715, Rio Macacu, Prov. Rio de Janeiro, Distr. Canto Gallo.

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Unio nuxpersicae Dunker, 1849 = Nodularia nuxpersicae

Dunker, 1849. Z. Malak. 5(12): 182 [as ‘nux persicae’].
Type(s): TYPE ZMB_108721, China.

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Unio pfeifferi Dunker, 1849 = Diplodon pfeifferi

Dunker, 1849. Z. Malak. 5(12): 181.
Pfeiffer, 1860. Novit. Conch. 2(13): 151, pl. 39, figs. 4, 9.
Type(s): TYPE ZMB_108717, Rio Negro, Brazil.
 
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