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Publication Gould (1848): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Gould, A.A. 1848. Descriptions of shells found in Connecticut, collected and named by the late Rev. J. H. Linsley. American Journal of Science and Arts 56(17): 233-236.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta housatonica Gould, 1848
Linsley, 1845. Amer. J. Sci. 48(2): 277. [nomen nudum]
Gould, 1848. Amer. J. Sci. 56(17): 234, figs. 4-5.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_678302, Housatonica R., Fairfield Co., Connecticut.

Cyclas truncata Linsley, 1845
Linsley, 1845. Amer. J. Sci. 48(2): 276.
Lindsley in Gould, 1848. Amer. J. Sci. 56(17): 324, fig. 3.

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