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Publication Martens (1886): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Martens, E.v. 1886. Herr v. Martens zeigte subfossile Süsswasser-Conchylien aus Aegypten vor, welche Professor G. Schweinfurth im Fajum-Becken unweit Adue über dem Bats am Bahndamm in 17 Meter Seehöhe gesammelt hat. Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaften naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1886: 126-129. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio schweinfurthi Martens, 1886
Martens, 1886. S.-Ber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde zu Berlin 1886: 127.
(homonym of Unio sennariensis [sic] var. schweinfurthi Martens, 1873; renamed Unio fayumensis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927)

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