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Publication Sowerby (1829): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

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

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

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

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

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

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