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Publication Poli (1791): summary

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Full Citation

Poli, G.S. 1791. Testacea Utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome... 1. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Limnaea Poli, 1791

Poli, 1791. Testacea Utriusque Siciliae 1: 31.
(renamed Limella Rafinesque, 1815)
Type species: Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758 (original designation) = Unio pictorum

Attributed Nominal Species

Cardium casertanum Poli, 1791 = Euglesa casertana

Poli, 1791. Testacea Utriusque Siciliae 1: ??.
Ellis, 1940. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 24: 65.

 
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