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Publication Preston (1909): summary

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Full Citation

Preston, H.B. 1909. New land, freshwater, and marine shells from South America. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 (8th series): 507-513. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Mycetopus punctatus Preston, 1909 = Mycetopoda subsinuata

Preston, 1909. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 3: 513, pl. 10, fig. 8.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) BMNH_1915-1-6-83, Rio Chenchi, U.S. Columbia [sic.].