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Publication Gmelin (1775): summary

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Gmelin, S.G. 1775. Reise durch Russland zur untersuchung der drey natur-reiche 3. https://books.google.com/books?id=X5AaAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false.

Attributed Nominal Species

Tellina fragilis Gmelin, 1775 = Adacna vitrea

Gmelin, 1775. Reise Russland 3: 248.
(misidentified reference to Tellina fragilis Linnaeus, 1758)

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