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Publication Gould (1856): summary

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Gould, A.A. 1856. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 6: 11-16. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio coruscus Gould, 1856 = Elliptio jayensis

Gould, 1856. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 6: 15.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MCZ_169097, St. John’s River, near Lake Beresford, Florida.

Unio lepidus Gould, 1856 = Villosa amygdalum

Gould, 1856. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 6: 15.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE MCZ_169223 (by R.I. Johnson, 1964: 92), Lake Monroe, Florida.