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Publication Sowerby (1866): summary

Full Citation

Sowerby, G.B. 1866. Genus Pleiodon. Conchologica Iconica 16: pl. 1. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Pleiodon mcmurtrei Sowerby, 1866 = Pleiodon ovatus

‘Conrad’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 1, sp. 1.
(error for Pleiodon macmurtriei Conrad, 1834)

Taxonomic Opinions

specimen image from publication Pleiodon ovatus (Swainson, 1823)

+ Pleiodon macmurtriei Conrad, 1834

specimen image from publication Pleiodon spekii (Woodward, 1859)
 
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