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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Gould (1843): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Gould, A.A. 1843. “Dr. Gould had examined the shells not long since announced as having been received from the Rev. Francis Mason, missionary at Tavoy, in British Burmah”. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 1: 139-. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio crispata Gould, 1843
Gould, 1843. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 1: 141.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE MCZ_169099 (by R.I. Johnson, 1964: 62), Tavoy, British Burmah.

Unio exolescens Gould, 1843
Gould, 1843. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 1: 141.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_85473 (by R.I. Johnson, 1964: 73), Tavoy, Burmah.

Unio foliaceus Gould, 1843
Gould, 1843. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 1: 141.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_84161, Tavoy, Burmah.

Unio tavoyensis Gould, 1843
Gould, 1843. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 1: 140.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MCZ_169389, Tavoy, British Burmah.

 
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