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Publication Tappan (1839): summary

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Tappan. 1839. American Journal of Science and Arts 35. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

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Unio sayii Ward in Tappan, 1839 = Uniomerus tetralasmus

Ward in Tappan, 1839. Amer. J. Sci. 35: 268, pl. 3, fig. 1.
Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPE USNM_85356, Scioto R., Ohio.

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