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Publication Bean (1836): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Bean, W. 1836. Description and figures of Unio distórtus Bean, Cypris concentrica Bean from the Upper Sandstone and Shale of Scarborough; Cypris arcuata Bean, from the Coal Formation of New Castle. Magazine of Natural History and Journal of Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology and Meteorology 9: 376-377. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio distortus Bean, 1836
Bean, 1836. Mag. Nat. Hist. 9: 376, fig. 53.

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