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Publication Rathke (1797): summary

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Rathke, J. 1797. Om Dammuslingen. Skrivter af Naturhistorie-selskabet 4: 139-179. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Glochidium Rathke, 1797

Rathke, 1797. Skr. Naturhist. Selsk. 4: 139.
Type species: Mytilus anatinus Linnaeus, 1758 = Anodonta anatina

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