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Publication G.B. Sowerby (1821): summary
publication summary Complete CitationSowerby, G.B. 1821. The genera of Recent and fossil shells, for the use of students in conchology and geology 2: 262 pls. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal GeneraAttributed Nominal SpeciesCyrena sumatrensis G.B. Sowerby, 1821
G.B. Sowerby, 1821. Genera of Shells 2: 30, pl. 65. | |
Etheria semilunata G.B. Sowerby, 1821
G.B. Sowerby, 1821. Genera of Shells 2: 1, pl. 94.
(reference to Etheria semilunata Lamarck, 1807) | |
Iridina elongata G.B. Sowerby, 1821
G.B. Sowerby, 1821. Genera of Shells 2: 40, pl. 90.
Sowerby, 1839. Conch. Man.: 54, fig. 150. | |
Potamophila radiata G.B. Sowerby, 1821
G.B. Sowerby, 1821. Genera of Shells 2: pl. 66.
(misidentified reference to Galathea radiata Lamarck, 1804) | |
Unio ambiguus G.B. Sowerby, 1821
‘Lamarck’ G.B. Sowerby, 1821. Genera of Shells 2: pl. 85, fig. 2.
(reference to Castalia ambigua Lamarck, 1819) | |
Unio brevialis G.B. Sowerby, 1821
‘Lamarck’ G.B. Sowerby, 1821. Genera of Shells 2: pl. 86, fig. 4.
(misidentified reference to Unio brevialis Lamarck, 1819) | |
Unio glabratus G.B. Sowerby, 1821
‘Lamarck’ G.B. Sowerby, 1821. Genera of Shells 2: pl. 86, fig. 3.
(misidentified reference to Unio glabrata Lamarck, 1819) | |
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