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Publication Clessin (1882): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Clessin, S. 1882. Neue Arten. Malakozoologische Blätter, Neue Folge 5: 187-193.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta iheringi Clessin, 1882
Clessin, 1882. Malak. Blatt. 5: 191, pl. 4, fig. 5.
Clessin, 1888. Malak. Blatt. 10: 171.
Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPE MCZ_174094, Taquara, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Limosina ventricosa Clessin, 1882
Clessin, 1882. Malak. Blatt. 5: 192, pl. 4, fig. 1.

Limosina weinlandi Clessin, 1882
Clessin, 1882. Malak. Blatt. 5: 193, pl. 4, fig. 2.

Mycetopus plicatus Clessin, 1882
Clessin, 1882. Malak. Blatt. 5: 190, pl. 4, fig. 7.
Clessin, 1888. Malak. Blatt. 10: 171.
(homonym of Mycetopus plicatus Sowerby, 1868; renamed Mycetopus clessini Fischer, 1890; renamed Glabaris nehringi Ihering, 1893)

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