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Publication Ortmann (1925): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Ortmann, A.E. 1925. The naiad-fauna of the Tennessee River system below Walden Gorge. American Midland Naturalist 9: 321-372. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Actionaias Ortmann, 1925
Ortmann, 1925. Amer. Midl. Nat. 9: 349.
(error for Actinonaias Fischer & Crosse, 1894)

Fuscnoaia Ortmann, 1925
Ortmann, 1925. Amer. Midl. Nat. 9: 330.
(error for Fusconaia Simpson, 1900)

Fusconala Ortmann, 1925
Ortmann, 1925. Amer. Midl. Nat. 9: 330.
(error for Fusconaia Simpson, 1900)

Levingtonia Ortmann, 1925
Ortmann, 1925. Amer. Midl. Nat. 9: 339.
(error for Lexingtonia Ortmann, 1914)

Attributed Nominal Species

Fusconaia subtrotunda Ortmann, 1925
‘Lea’ Ortmann, 1925. Amer. Midl. Nat. 9: 328.
(error for Unio subrotundus Lea, 1831)

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