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Publication Martens (1875): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Martens, E.v. 1875. Novitates Conchologicae 4.

Attributed Nominal Species

Cristaria megadesma Martens, 1875
Martens, 1875. S.-Ber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde zu Berlin 1875: 3.
Martens, 1875. Malak. Blatt. 22: 187.
Martens, 1875. Novit. Conch. 4: 152, pl. 135, fig. 1.

Unio sennariensis [sic] var. schweinfurthi Martens, 1873
Martens, 1873. Malak. Blatt. 21: 43.
Martens, 1875. Novit. Conch. 4: 140, pl. 132, figs. 3-5.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio sennaariensis Küster, 1862)
Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPES ZMB_20605, Uferu der Tondji, reicht. Nebenfluss du Bahr el [Ghazal].

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