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

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Publication Putzeys (1898): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Putzeys, S. 1898. Diagnoses de quelques coqulles nouvelles provenant de l’état indépendant du Congo. Annales de la Société royale malacologique de Belgique 33: 22-26. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Burtonia carrei Putzeys, 1898
Putzeys, 1898. Ann. Soc. Roy. Malac. Belgique 33: 25, fig. 16.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MRAC_58622, Stanley Pool; Leopoldville.

Spatha cryptoradiata Putzeys, 1898
Putzeys, 1898. Ann. Soc. Roy. Malac. Belgique 33: 24, figs. 14-15.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0194, Haut Congo Belge.

Unio leopoldvillensis Putzeys, 1898
Putzeys, 1898. Ann. Soc. Roy. Malac. Belgique 33: 24, text figs. 12-13.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MRAC_56597, Le Stanley Pool, pres de Leopoldville.

 
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