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Publication Chemnitz (1795): summary
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Complete Citation

Chemnitz, J.H. 1795. Neues systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet geordnet und beschrieben von Friedrich Heinrich Wilhelm Martini und unter dessen Aufsicht nach der Natur gezeichnet und mit lebendigen Farben erleuchtet 11. 310 pp., pls. 174-213. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Chama plumbea Dillwyn, 1817
Chemnitz, 1795. Conchyl. Cab. 11: 237, pl. 203, fig. 1991-1992. [non-binomial]
Dillwyn, 1817. Descr. Cat. Rec. Shells 1: 215.

Mya siliqua Lamarck, 1818
Chemnitz, 1795. Conchyl. Cab. 11: 192, pl. 198, fig. 1934. [non-binomial]
Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 458.

Mytilus perviridis Holten, 1802
Chemnitz, 1795. Conchyl. Cab. 11: 255, pl. 205, fig. 2027. [non-binomial]
Holten, 1802. unknown publication: ??.

Mytilus volgae Chemnitz, 1795
Chemnitz, 1795. Conchyl. Cab. 11: ??.

Mytilus e fluvio wolga Chemnitz, 1795
Chemnitz, 1795. Conchyl. Cab. 11: 256, pl. 205, fig. 2028. [non-binomial]

Venus aegyptiaca Chemnitz, 1795
Chemnitz, 1795. Conchyl. Cab. 11: 231, pl 202, fig. 1985-1986 [as ‘aegyptica’]. [non-binomial]

 
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