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Publication Mørch (1861): summary

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Mørch, O.A.L. 1861. Beiträge zur Molluskenfauna Central-Amerika’s. Malakozoologische Blätter 7: 170-213. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Ctena Mørch, 1861

Mørch, 1861. Malak. Blatt. 7: 201.

Egetaria Mørch, 1861

Mørch, 1861. Malak. Blatt. 7: 194.
Type species: Polymesoda (Egetaria) pullastra Mørch, 1861 = Polymesoda notabilis

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio (Plagiola?) imbricatus Mørch, 1861 = Arotonaias encarpa

Mørch, 1861. Malak. Blatt. 7: 205.
(homonym of Unio imbricatus Hislop, 1860)

Polymesoda (Egetaria) pullastra Mørch, 1861 = Polymesoda notabilis

Mørch, 1861. Malak. Blatt. 7: 194.

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