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Publication Herrington (1962): summary
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Complete Citation

Herrington, H.B. 1962. A revision of the Sphaeriidae of North America. Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (118). 74 pp.

Attributed Nominal Species

Pisidium aequilaterale Prime, 1865
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 63 [as ‘æquilaterale’].
Prime, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: 165.
‘Prime’ Prime, 1895. Cat. Corbiculadae: 50 [as ‘æquilaterale’].
‘Prime’ Herrington, 1962. MPUMMZ (118): 31.
(error for Pisidium equilaterale Prime, 1852)

Pisidium parodoxum Herrington, 1962
‘Sterki’ Herrington, 1962. MPUMMZ (118): 33.
(error for Pisidium paradoxum Sterki, 1922)

Sphaerium pallidium Herrington, 1962
‘Gray’ Herrington, 1962. MPUMMZ (118): 29.
(error for Sphaerium pallidum Gray, 1856)

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