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Publication Stark (1828): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Stark, J. 1828. Elements of Natural History, Adapted to the Present State of Science, Containing the Generic Characters of Nearly the Whole Animal Kingdom and Descriptions of the Principle Species 2. 523 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio ovata Stark, 1828
‘Lam.’ Stark, 1828. Elements Nat. Hist. 2: 90.
(misidentified reference to Unio ovata Lamarck, 1819)

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