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Publication C.B. Adams (1852): summary
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Complete Citation

Adams, C.B. 1852. Catalogue of shells collected at Panama, with notes on synonymy, station, and habitat. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 5: 229-527. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Cyrena maritima C.B. Adams, 1852
C.B. Adams, 1852. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 5: 499.

Potamomya inflata C.B. Adams, 1852
C.B. Adams, 1852. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 5: 520.

Taxonomic Opinions

Capsa altior Sowerby, 1832 = Iphigenia altior

Cyrena maritima Nov. sp. = Polymesoda inflata

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