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Publication Simpson (1893): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Simpson, C.T. 1893. A new Anodonta. Nautilus 6(12): 134-135. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta mearnsiana Simpson, 1893
Simpson, 1893. Nautilus 6(12): 134.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] USNM_610313 (by R.I. Johnson, 1975: 14), San Bernadino Ranch, Arizona, boundary between Ariz. and Mexico.

Anodonta youkonensis Simpson, 1893
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1893. Nautilus 6(12): 135.
Zatravkin, 1983. [in] I.M. Likharev, Molluscs: 42.
Bogatov & Starobogatov, 2001. Zool. Zhur. 80: 30.
Starobogatov et al., 2004. Key Freshw. Invert. Russia 6 (molluscs, polychaetes, nemerteans): 41.
Kantor & Sysoev, 2005. Cat. Moll. Russia: 332.
Sayenko et al., 2009. Zool. Zhur. 88(11): 1306.
Bogatov, 2022. Lg. Bivalve Moll. Russia’s Fresh Waters: 73.
(error for Anodonta youkanensis Lea, 1867)

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