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Publication Deshayes (1831): summary

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Deshayes, G.P. 1831. Description de coquilles caractéristiques des terrains. 264 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio draparnaldii Deshayes, 1831 = Potomida littoralis

Deshayes, 1831. Descr. Coqu. Terr.: 43, pl. 14, fig. 6.
(renamed Unio littoralis var. subtriangularis Drouët, 1898)

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