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Publication Swainson (1823): summary

Full Citation

Swainson. 1823. Philos. Mag. & J. 61. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio cuneatus Swainson, 1823 = Epioblasma triquetra

Swainson, 1823. Philos. Mag. & J. 61: 112.

Iridina ovata Swainson, 1823 = Pleiodon ovatus

Swainson, 1823. Philos. Mag. & J. 61: 113.
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 380.
(renamed Arca rostrum Wood, 1828)

Iridina striata Swainson, 1823 = Mutela dubia

Swainson, 1823. Philos. Mag. & J. 61: 112.
Oken, 1834. Isis (Oken) 27(5): 458.

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