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Publication Gould (1845): summary

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Gould, A.A. 1845. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 2. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

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Unio paludicolus Gould, 1845 = Uniomerus carolinianus

Gould, 1845. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 2: 53.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE MCZ_169278, Everglades of Florida.

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Unio papyraceus Gould, 1845 = Villosa amygdalum

Gould, 1845. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 2: 53.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_86125 (by R.I. Johnson, 1964: 122), Everglades, Florida.

 
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