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Publication Echem et al. (2016): summary
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Complete Citation

Echem, R.T., D.P. Piñero & A.-A.O. Joaquino. 2016. Characterization of freshwater mussel species, Margaritifera margaritifera Linnaeus 1758 using outline-based geometric morphometric analysis. International Journal of Information Research and Review 3(10): 2916-2925. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Margaritifera margaritifera Echem et al., 2016
‘Linnaeus’ of Authors.
Echem et al., 2016. IJIRR 3(10): 2916.
Joaquino et al., 2017. JBES 10(3): 43.
(misidentified reference to Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758)

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