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Publication Varshney et al. (2020): summary
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Complete Citation

Varshney, S., M. Sagwekar, A. Pavan-Kumar, R. Das, P. Gireesh-Babu et al. 2020. Development and characterisation of novel polymorphic microsatellite loci in the freshwater mussel Lamellidens marginalis (Lamarck, 1819) using next generation sequencing. Molluscan Research 40(4): 308-312. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Cristaria plicata Leach, 1815

Hyriopsis cumingii (Lea, 1852) = Sinohyriopsis cumingii

Lamellidens corrianus (Lea, 1834)

Lamellidens marginalis (Lamarck, 1819)

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