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Publication Bolotov et al. (2017): summary
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Complete Citation

Bolotov, I.N., I.V. Vikhrev, A.V. Kondakov, E.S. Konopleva, M.Y. Gofarov et al. 2017. New taxa of freshwater mussels (Unionidae) from a species-rich but overlooked evolutionary hotspot in Southeast Asia. Scientific Reports 7. 11573 (18 pp.). Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Leoparreysia Bolotov et al., 2017
Vikhrev, Bolotov et Aksenova in Bolotov et al., 2017. Sci. Repts. 7: 2.
Type species: Leoparreysia canefrii Bolotov et al., 2017 (orig. desig.) = Leoparreysia canefrii

Trapezidens Bolotov et al., 2017
Bolotov, Vikhrev et Konopleva in Bolotov et al., 2017. Sci. Repts. 7: 7.
Type species: Unio exolescens Gould, 1843 (orig. desig.) = Trapezidens exolescens

Attributed Nominal Species

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