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Publication Conrad (1874): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Conrad, T.A. 1874. Remarks on the Tertiary clay of the upper Amazon, with descriptions of new shells. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 26: 25-32. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Dresseina Conrad, 1874
‘Vanbeneden’ Conrad, 1874. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 26: 29.
(error for Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835)

Mytiloides Conrad, 1874
Conrad, 1874. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 26: 29.
(error for Mytilopsis Conrad, 1857)

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta pebasana Conrad, 1874
Conrad, 1874. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 26: 29, pl. 1, fig. 5.

Dresseina [sic] (Mytiloides) [sic] scripta Conrad, 1874
Conrad, 1874. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 26: 29, pl. 1, figs. 12, 16.

Triquetra longula Conrad, 1874
Conrad, 1874. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 26: 29, pl. 1, figs. 10, 13.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta pebasana Conrad

Dreissena (Mytiloides) [sic] leucophæata (Conrad)
+ Dreissena americana Récluz, 1849

Dreissena (Mytiloides) [sic] leucophæata (Conrad) = Mytilopsis leucophaeata

Dreissena (Mytiloides) [sic] scripta Conrad

Triquetra longula Conrad

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