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Publication Tate (1887): summary
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Complete Citation

Tate, R. 1887. Descriptions of some new species of South Australian marine and fresh-water Mollusca. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 9: 62-75, pls. 4-5. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Corbicula desolata Tate, 1887
Tate, 1887. Trans. Proc. Roy. Soc. S. Australia 9: 67, pl. 4, fig. 11.

Lepton ovatum Tate, 1887
Tate, 1887. Trans. Proc. Roy. Soc. S. Australia 9: 68, pl. 5, fig. 11.

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