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Publication Deshayes (1838): summary

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Deshayes, G.P. 1838. Mémoires de la Société géologique de France 3: 37-. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Cardium pseudocardium Deshayes, 1838 = Monodacna caspia

Deshayes, 1838. Mém. Soc. Géol. France 3: 59, pl. 1, figs. 1-2.

Mytilus rostriformis Deshayes, 1838 = Dreissena rostriformis

Deshayes, 1838. Mém. Soc. Géol. France 3: 61, pl. 4, figs. 14-16.

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