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Publication Modell (1939): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Modell, H. 1939. Die Najaden und Viviparen des Flußgebietes der Würm (Oberbayern). Archiv für Molluskenkunde 71: 1-41. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta cygnea var. crassa Modell, 1939
Modell, 1939. Arch. Moll. 71: 20, pl. 3, fig. 3.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758; homonym of Anodonta crassa Zelebor, 1851)

Anodonta cygnea var. tenuis Modell, 1939
Modell, 1939. Arch. Moll. 71: 20, pl. 5, figs. 5-6.
(homonym of Anodonta tenuis Lea, 1851; intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta cygnea var. typica Modell, 1939
Modell, 1939. Arch. Moll. 71: 20, pl. 3, fig. 1.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758)

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