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

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Publication Meek (1876): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Meek. 1876. Rept. U.S. Geol. Surv. Terr. (Hayden) 9.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Dysnomya Meek, 1876
Meek, 1876. Rept. U.S. Geol. Surv. Terr. (Hayden) 9: 512.
(error for Dysnomia Agassiz, 1852)

Ellipto Meek, 1876
Meek, 1876. Rept. U.S. Geol. Surv. Terr. (Hayden) 9: 511.
(error for Elliptio Rafinesque, 1819)

Epiloblasma Meek, 1876
‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Meek, 1876. Rept. U.S. Geol. Surv. Terr. (Hayden) 9: 511.
Modell, 1964. Arch. Moll. 93: 96.
(error for Epioblasma Rafinesque, 1831)

Gelonia Meek, 1876
Meek, 1876. Rept. U.S. Geol. Surv. Terr. (Hayden) 9: 157.
(error for Geloina Gray, 1842)

Leptesthes Meek, 1876
Meek, 1876. Rept. U.S. Geol. Surv. Terr. (Hayden) 9: 316.
Type species: Corbicula fracta of Authors, unknown year

Unionopsis Meek, 1876
Meek, 1876. Rept. U.S. Geol. Surv. Terr. (Hayden) 9: 113.
(error for Uniopsis Swainson, 1840)
 
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