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Publication Theobald (1878): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Theobald, W. 1878. Notes on the land and fresh-water shells of Kashmir, nore particularly of the Jhilum valley below Srinagar and the hills North of Jamu. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 47: 141-149. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Corbicula kashmirensis Theobald, 1876
‘Deshayes’ of Authors.
Theobald, 1876. Cat. Land Freshw. Shells Brit. Ind.: 45.
Theobald, 1878. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 47: 147.
(error for Corbicula cashmiriensis Deshayes, 1855)

Pisidium hydaspicola Theobald, 1878
Theobald, 1878. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 47: 147.

Taxonomic Opinions

Corbicula kashmiriensis [sic] Desh. = Corbicula cashmiriensis

Corbicula occidens B. = Corbicula striatella

Pisidium hydaspicola n.s. = Euglesa casertana

Sphærium indicum Desh. = Sphaerium indicum

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