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Publication d’Orbigny (1851): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

d’Orbigny. 1851. Note sur un nouvea genre de Coquille lamellibranche d’eau douce découvert dans les rivières de la Nouvelle-Grenade par M. le colonel Acosta, et décrit par M. Alcide d’Orbigny. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie 3 (2nd series): 183-188. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Acostaea d’Orbigny, 1851
d’Orbigny, 1851. Rev. Mag. Zool. 3: 184 [as ‘Acostæa’].
Type species: Acostaea guaduasana d’Orbigny, 1851 (monotypy) = Mulleria rivoli

Taxonomic Opinions

Acostæa guaduasana d’Orb., 1851 = Mulleria rivoli

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