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Publication Sowerby (1829): summary

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Sowerby, J. 1829. The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain; or Coloured Figures and Descriptions of those Remains of Testaceous Animals or Shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the Earth 6. 250 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio aduncus Sowerby, 1829 = unionoid fossil

Sowerby, 1829. Mineral Conchology 6: 190, pl. 595, fig. 2.

Unio antiquus Sowerby, 1829 = unionoid fossil

Sowerby, 1829. Mineral Conchology 6: 190, pl. 594, figs. 3-5.

Unio compressus Sowerby, 1829 = unionoid fossil

Sowerby, 1829. Mineral Conchology 6: 189, pl. 594, fig. 2.

Unio cordiformis Sowerby, 1829 = unionoid fossil

Sowerby, 1829. Mineral Conchology 6: 191, pl. 595, fig. 1.

Unio porrectus Sowerby, 1829 = unionoid fossil

Sowerby, 1829. Mineral Conchology 6: 189, pl. 594, fig. 1.

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