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Publication Philippi (1847): summary
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Complete Citation

Philippi, A.R. 1847. Testaceorum novorum centuria. Zeitschr. f. Malakozool. 4: 84-96. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio aztecorum Philippi, 1847
Philippi, 1847. Z. Malak. 4: 95.
Philippi, 1849. Abbild. Beschr. Conch. 4: 27, pl. 6, fig. 2.
Type(s): TYPE LOST XXX_UNKNOWN, Mexico.

Unio cyrenoides Philippi, 1847
Philippi, 1847. Z. Malak. 4: 93.
Philippi, 1848. Abbild. Beschr. Conch. 3: 79, pl. 5, fig. 1.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) MNHNS_50199, Lake Nicaragua.

Unio largillierti Philippi, 1847
Philippi, 1847. Z. Malak. 4: 94.
Type(s): NEOTYPE MCZ_155569 (by R.I. Johnson, 1951: 79), San Geronimo, Campeche, Mexico. “Interior of Yucatan” according to the MCZ database.

Unio liebmanni Philippi, 1847
Philippi, 1847. Z. Malak. 4: 96.
Philippi, 1849. Abbild. Beschr. Conch. 4: 27, pl. 6, fig. 1.
Type(s): TYPE LOST XXX_UNKNOWN, Mexico.

Unio mexicanus Philippi, 1847
Philippi, 1847. Z. Malak. 4: 95.
Philippi, 1849. Abbild. Beschr. Conch. 4: 28, pl. 6, fig. 3.
Type(s): TYPE LOST XXX_UNKNOWN, México.

Unio ripario Philippi, 1847
‘Pfr’ Philippi, 1847. Z. Malak. 4: 95.

Unio subtrapezius Philippi, 1847
Philippi, 1847. Z. Malak. 4: 96.
Philippi, 1848. Abbild. Beschr. Conch. 3: 80, pl. 5, fig. 3.

 
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