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Publication Deshayes (1858): summary
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Complete Citation

Deshayes, G.P. 1858. Mollusques acéphalés dimyaires. Description des animaux sans vertèbres découverts dans le bassin de Paris, pour servir de supplément à la description des coquilles fossiles des environs de Paris, comprenant une revue générale de toutes les espèces actuellement connues. Tome premier: 393-704, pls. 16bis, 50-87. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Cyrena acutangularis Deshayes, 1858
Deshayes, 1858. Desc. animaux sans vertèbres, Paris: 517, pl. 38, figs. 17-18.

Cyrena amygdalina Deshayes, 1858
Deshayes, 1858. Desc. animaux sans vertèbres, Paris: 500, pl. 37, figs. 22-23.

Cyrena angusta Deshayes, 1858
Deshayes, 1858. Desc. animaux sans vertèbres, Paris: 508, pl. 37, figs. 9-12.

Cyrena breviuscula Deshayes, 1858
Deshayes, 1858. Desc. animaux sans vertèbres, Paris: 503, pl. 36, figs. 9-11.

Cyrena britannica Deshayes, 1858
Deshayes, 1858. Desc. animaux sans vertèbres, Paris: 501.

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