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Publication Blanford (1867): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Blanford, W.T. 1867. Contributions of Indian Malacology, No. VIII. List of estuary shells collected in the delta of the Irawady, in Pegu, with descriptions of new species. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 36: 51-72. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Martesia fluminalis Blanford, 1867
Blanford, 1867. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 36: 67, pl. 14 [not 3], figs. 1-3.

Scaphula deltae Blanford, 1867
Blanford, 1867. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 36: 71, pl. 14 [not 3], figs. 7-10 [as ‘deltæ’].

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