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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Skawina & Dzik (2011): summary
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Complete Citation

Skawina, A. & J. Dzik. 2011. Umbonal musculature and relationships of the Late Triassic filibranch unionid bivalves. Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology 163: 863-883. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera
Attributed Nominal Species

Silesunio parvus Skawina & Dzik, 2011
Skawina & Dzik, 2011. J. Linn. Soc., Zool. 163: 874, figs. 1, 2a, 7-9.

Tihkia silesiaca Skawina & Dzik, 2011
Skawina & Dzik, 2011. J. Linn. Soc., Zool. 163: 878, figs. 10-11.

Taxonomic Opinions

Antediplodon lewisi Richards, 1948

Silesunio parvus Gen. et Sp. Nov.

Tihkia corrugata Sahni & Tewari, 1958

Tihkia karooensis (Cox, 1932)

Tihkia silesiaca Sp. Nov.
 
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