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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Woodward (1859): summary
publication summary Complete CitationWoodward, S.P. 1859. On some new freshwater shells from Central Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1859: 348-350. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal SpeciesIridina (Pleiodon) spekii Woodward, 1859
 Woodward, 1859. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1859: 348, pl. 47, fig. 2.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1859-12-23-8, Lake Tanganyika. | |
Unio burtoni Woodward, 1859
 Woodward, 1859. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1859: 349, pl. 47, fig. 1.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1859-12-23-9, Lake Tanganyika, Central Africa. | |
Taxonomic OpinionsIridina (Pleiodon) spekii n. sp. = Pleiodon spekii Unio burtoni n. sp. = Grandidieria burtoni
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