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Publication Ortmann (1921): summary
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Complete Citation

Ortmann, A.E. 1921. South American Naiades; a contribution to the knowledge of the freshwater mussels of South America. Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum 8: 451-670, pls. 34-48. Available electronically.

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