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Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

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Publication Graf & Cummings (2011): summary

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Full Citation

Graf, D.L. & K.S. Cummings. 2011. Freshwater mussel (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida) richness and endemism in the ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar based on comprehensive museum sampling. Hydrobiologia 678: 17-36 + supplemental material. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio martelli Haas, 1969 = Potomida littoralis

‘Pallary’ of Authors.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 276.
Van Damme, 1984. Freshw. Moll. N. Africa (25): 59.
Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 85.
Graf & Cummings, 2011. Hydrobiologia 678: [3].
(error for Unio marteli Pallary, 1918)

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