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Publication Sowerby (1878): summary

Full Citation

Sowerby. 1878. Genus Sphaerium. Conchologica Iconica 20.

Attributed Nominal Species

Sphaerium capense Sowerby, 1878 = Sphaerium capense

Sowerby, 1878. Conch. Icon. 20: pl. 5, figs. 45a-b.
(reference to Cyclas capensis Krauss, 1848)

 
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