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Publication Martens (1877): summary
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Complete Citation

Martens, E.v. 1877. [Herr von Martens gab im Anschluss an den vorhergehenden Vortrag eine Uebersicht über die von den Herren ...]. Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaften naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1877: 97-123. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta lauta Martens, 1877
Martens, 1877. S.-Ber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde zu Berlin 1877: 117.
Type(s): SYNTYPES ZMB_28145, Uweno See, Yeddo.

Corbicula leana Martens, 1877
Martens, 1877. S.-Ber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde zu Berlin 1877: 119.
(misidentified reference to Corbicula leana Prime, 1864)

Corbicula transversa Martens, 1877
Martens, 1877. S.-Ber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde zu Berlin 1877: 120.

Unio nipponensis Martens, 1877
Martens, 1877. S.-Ber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde zu Berlin 1877: 119.
Martens, 1905. Zool. Jb., Jena, Suppl. 8: 58.
Type(s): SYNTYPES ZMB_28142, Mukosima, Tokio, Japan.

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