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Publication Catlow & Reeve (1845): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Catlow & Reeve. 1845. The Conchologists Nomenclator. 326 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Cyclas dubiosa Catlow & Reeve, 1845
Catlow & Reeve, 1845. Conch. Nomen.: 29.

Unio metaniver Catlow & Reeve, 1845
‘Lea’ Catlow & Reeve, 1845. Conch. Nomen.: 61.
(error for Obliquaria (Quadrula) metanevra Rafinesque, 1820)

Unio sheppardianus Catlow & Reeve, 1845
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Catlow & Reeve, 1845. Conch. Nomen.: 64.
Starobogatov, 1970. Fauna Moll. Continent.: 287 [as ‘Ensinaia’].
(error for Unio shepardianus Lea, 1834)

Unio tahitianus Catlow & Reeve, 1845
‘Lea’ Catlow & Reeve, 1845. Conch. Nomen.: 64.
(error for Unio taitianus Lea, 1834)

Unio tappianus Catlow & Reeve, 1845
‘Lea’ Catlow & Reeve, 1845. Conch. Nomen.: 64.
(error for Unio tappanianus Lea, 1838)

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