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Publication Gistl (1848): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Gistl. 1848. Naturgesch. Thierreich Höhere Schulen.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Chondrostes Gistl, 1847
Gistl, 1847. Naturgesch. Thierreich Höhere Schulen 1850: 617.
Gistl, 1848. Naturgesch. Thierreich Höhere Schulen: 188.
Type species: Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758 (original designation) = Unio pictorum

Cleone Gistl, 1848
Gistl, 1848. Naturgesch. Thierreich Höhere Schulen: ix.
(new name for Dipsas Leach, 1814)

Eufira Gistl, 1848
Gistl, 1848. Naturgesch. Thierreich Höhere Schulen: 173.
(new name for Iridina Lamarck, 1819)

Procos Gistl, 1848
Gistl, 1848. Naturgesch. Thierreich Höhere Schulen: 172.
(new name for Capsa Lamarck, 1818)
Type species: Donax laevigata Gmelin, 1791 = Iphigenia laevigata

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