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Publication Conrad (1831): summary
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Complete Citation

Conrad, T.A. 1831. Description of fifteen new species of Recent, and three of fossil shells, chiefly from the coast of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences 6: 156-268, pl. 11. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Mya hyalina Conrad, 1831
Conrad, 1831. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: ??.

Mytilus leucophaeatus Conrad, 1831
Conrad, 1831. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 263, pl. 11, fig. 13.
Conrad, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 167.

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