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Publication Marshall (1927): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Marshall, W.B. 1927. A new genus and two new species of South American fresh-water mussels. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 71(2678): 1-4 + 2 plates. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Mycetopodella Marshall, 1927
Marshall, 1927. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 71(2678): 1.
Type species: Mycetopus falcatus Higgins, 1868 (orig. desig.) = Mycetopodella falcata

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodontites guanarensis Marshall, 1927
Marshall, 1927. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 71(2678): 3, pl. 1, figs. 4-6.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_365225, Mata Verde, Portuguesa, Venezuela.

Mycetopoda pittieri Marshall, 1927
Marshall, 1927. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 71(2678): 4, pl. 2.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_365227, Mata Verde, Portuguesa, Venezuela.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodontites guanarensis Marshall, 1927

Mycetopoda pittieri Marshall, 1927

Mycetopodella falcata (Higgins, 1868)
+ Mycetopoda bolivari Haas, 1916

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