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Margaritiferidae

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Publication Dunker (1855): summary

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Full Citation

Dunker, W. 1855. De septiferis genere mytilaceorum et de dreisseniis.. 26 pp.

Attributed Nominal Species

Dreissena cumingiana Dunker, 1855 = Mytilopsis leucophaeata

Dunker, 1855. Comm. de Septiferis: 14.

Dreissena gundlachi Dunker, 1855 = Mytilopsis sallei

Dunker, 1855. Comm. de Septiferis: 18.

Dreissena kuesteri Dunker, 1855 = Dreissena polymorpha

Dunker, 1855. Comm. de Septiferis: 17 [as ‘küsteri’].

Dreissena moerchiana Dunker, 1855 = Mytilopsis sallei

Dunker, 1855. Comm. de Septiferis: 18.

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