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Publication Liu et al. (1979): attributed nominal species
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Liu, Y.-Y., Y.-X. Wang & W.-Z. Zhang. 1979. Freshwater Mollusks. Economic Fauna of China. 124 pp.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodon chemiana Liu et al., 1979
Liu et al., 1979. Econ. Fauna China: 107.
(error for Anodon cheniana Heude, 1880)

Anodon seeuriformis Liu et al., 1979
Liu et al., 1979. Econ. Fauna China: 106.
(error for Anodon securiformis Heude, 1877)

Arconaia mntica Liu et al., 1979
Liu et al., 1979. Econ. Fauna China: 77.
(error for Unio contortus var. muticus Heude, 1877)

Mycetopus arcnatus Liu et al., 1979
Liu et al., 1979. Econ. Fauna China: 116.
(error for Mycetopus arcuatus Heude, 1885)

Mycetopus suscinens Liu et al., 1979
Liu et al., 1979. Econ. Fauna China: 116.
(error for Mycetopus succineus Heude, 1885)

Unio covtritus Liu et al., 1979
Liu et al., 1979. Econ. Fauna China: 93.
(error for Unio contritus Heude, 1881)

Unio firnus Liu et al., 1979
Liu et al., 1979. Econ. Fauna China: 74.
(error for Unio douglasiae firmus Heude, 1885)

Unio polystictoseriptus Liu et al., 1979
Liu et al., 1979. Econ. Fauna China: 101 [as ‘polysticto-seriptus’].
(error for Unio polystictoscriptus Heude, 1877)

Unio quaorangulosus Liu et al., 1979
‘Heude’ Liu et al., 1979. Econ. Fauna China: 93.
‘Heude’ Prozorova et al., 2005. Byull. Dal'nev. Malak.Obshch. 9: 52.
(error for Unio quadrangulosus Heude, 1881)

Unio contorta var. muticns Liu et al., 1979
Liu et al., 1979. Econ. Fauna China: 77.
(error for Unio contortus var. muticus Heude, 1877)

Unio douglasiae chlorens Liu et al., 1979
Liu et al., 1979. Econ. Fauna China: 74.
(error for Unio douglasiae chloreus Heude, 1885)

Unio douglasiae cleltae Liu et al., 1979
Liu et al., 1979. Econ. Fauna China: 74.
(error for Unio douglasiae deltae Heude, 1885)

 
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