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Publication Dunker (1858): summary

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Dunker, W. 1858. Einige neue Species der Naiaden. Malakozoologische Blätter 5: 225-229. Available electronically.

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Anodonta carinata Dunker, 1858 = Anodontites tortilis

Dunker, 1858. Malak. Blatt. 5: 225.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ZMB_108725 (by Haas, 1931: 92), Rio Choco, Nueva Grenada.

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Unio gundlachi Dunker, 1858 = Actinonaias gundlachi

Dunker, 1858. Malak. Blatt. 5: 228.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ZMB_108720 (by Haas, 1929: 328), Taco Taco Fluss, Kuba.

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Unio hjalmarsoni Dunker, 1858 = Nephronaias hjalmarsoni

Dunker, 1858. Malak. Blatt. 5: 227.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) ZMB_108719, Rio Chamelicon, on the confines of Guatemala, Honduras.

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Anodonta rugifera Dunker, 1858 = Aspatharia rugifera

Dunker, 1858. Malak. Blatt. 5: 225.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) ZMB_108726, Gabon flumen Como.

Unio scamnatus Dunker, 1858 = Nephronaias scamnata

‘Morelet’ Dunker, 1858. Malak. Blatt. 5: 229.
(reference to Unio scamnatus Morelet, 1849)

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Monocondylaea tamsiana Dunker, 1858 = Tamsiella tamsiana

Dunker, 1858. Malak. Blatt. 5: 226.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE ZMB_101899, Rio Chirgua, 12 mi SW Pto Cabello, Venezuela.
 
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