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Publication Shipway et al. (2019): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Shipway, J.R., M.A. Altamia, G. Rosenberg, G.P. Concepcion, M.G. Haygood et al. 2019. A rock-boring and rock-ingesting freshwater bivalve (shipworm) from the Philippines. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286 (20190434): 1-10. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Lithoredo Shipway et al., 2019
Shipway, Distel & Rosenberg in Shipway et al., 2019. Proc. Roy. Soc. B 286 (20190434): 6.
Type species: Lithoredo abatanica Shipway et al., 2019 (orig. desig.) = Lithoredo abatanica

Attributed Nominal Species

Lithoredo abatanica Shipway et al., 2019
Shipway, Distel & Rosenberg in Shipway et al., 2019. Proc. Roy. Soc. B 286 (20190434): 7, figs. 2-4.

Taxonomic Opinions

Lithoredo abatanica Shipway, Distel & Rosenberg, sp. nov.

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