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Publication Jeffreys (1865): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Jeffreys, J.G. 1865. Marine Shells, comprising the remaining Conchifera, the Solenoconchia, and Gasteropoda as as Littorina. British Conchology, or an Account of the Mollusca Which Now Inhabit the British Isle and the Surrounding Seas 3. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Teredo megotara var. excisa Jeffreys, 1865
Jeffreys, 1865. British Conchology 3: ??.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Teredo megotara Forbes & Hanley, 1848)

Teredo megotara var. mionota Jeffreys, 1865
Jeffreys, 1865. British Conchology 3: 177.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Teredo megotara Forbes & Hanley, 1848)

Teredo megotara var. striatior Jeffreys, 1865
Jeffreys, 1865. British Conchology 3: 177.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Teredo megotara Forbes & Hanley, 1848)

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