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Publication Chaper (1885): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Chaper, M. 1885. Description de quelques espèces nouvelles de coquilles vivantes provenant de l’Afrique Australe et d’Assinie. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 10: 479-486, 1 pl. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Corbula assiniensis Chaper, 1885
Chaper, 1885. Bull. Soc. Zool. France 10: ??.

Unio essoensis Chaper, 1885
Chaper, 1885. Bull. Soc. Zool. France 10: 481, pl. 11, figs. 7-9.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0057, Esso, Assinie.

Unio vaalensis Chaper, 1885
Chaper, 1885. Bull. Soc. Zool. France 10: 480, pl. 11, figs. 1-3.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0180, la Vaal, Afrique Australe.

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