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Publication Sturany (1898): summary
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Complete Citation

Sturany, R. 1898. [note by Dr. F. Bauer]. Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 35(16): 153-161. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Spatha maitenguensis Sturany, 1898
Sturany, 1898. Anz. Kais. Akad. Wiss. , Math.-Nat. Classe 35(16): 161.
Sturany, 1899. Denk. Ak. Wien 67: 628, pl. 3, fig. 66.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE NMW_XXX, Maitengue-Fluss, Matabeleland.

Unio caffer var. pentheri Sturany, 1898
Sturany, 1898. Anz. Kais. Akad. Wiss. , Math.-Nat. Classe 35(16): 161.
Sturany, 1899. Denk. Ak. Wien 67: 627, pl. 3, figs. 64-65.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio caffer Krauss, 1848)
Type(s): SYNTYPES NMW_XXX, Panda ma tinka (Zambezi drainage).

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