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Publication Conrad (1874): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Conrad, T.A. 1874. Descriptions of two new fossil shells of the Upper Amazon. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 26: 82-83. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Haplothaerus Conrad, 1874
Conrad, 1874. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 26: 82 [as ‘Haplothærus’].
Type species: Haplothaerus capax Conrad, 1874 (monotypy) = Leila capax

Mylitoides Conrad, 1874
Conrad, 1874. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 26: 83.
(error for Mytilopsis Conrad, 1857)

Attributed Nominal Species

Haplothaerus capax Conrad, 1874
Conrad, 1874. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 26: 83, pl. 12, figs. 1-3.

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