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Publication Broderip & Sowerby (1829): summary

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Broderip, W.J. & G.B. Sowerby. 1829. Observations on new or interesting Mollusca contained, for the most part, in the Museum of the Zoological Society. Zoological Journal 4: 359-379. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27485275.

Attributed Nominal Species

Solen acutidens Broderip & Sowerby, 1829 = Pharella acutidens

Broderip & Sowerby, 1829. Zool. Jour. 4: 361.

Solen altus Broderip & Sowerby, 1829 = Siliqua alta

Broderip & Sowerby, 1829. Zool. Jour. 4: 362.

Cyrena mexicana Broderip & Sowerby, 1829 = Polymesoda mexicana

Broderip & Sowerby, 1829. Zool. Jour. 4: 364.

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