Cuspidaria optima Sowerby III, 1904
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MT.3425 - Type(ex-tiroir 1775)
Cuspidaria optima Sowerby III, 1904(Paratype)
Umtwalumi river mouth, 50 brasses Sow. ex. coll. Mac Andrew 23.12.17.
7/6
Marine investigation in South Africa - 1904, vol. IV
Coll. Dautzenberg
IG 10591
note by C. d'Udekem d'Acoz 2022:
Sowerby, G. B. III. (1904). Mollusca of South Africa (Pelecypoda). Marine Investigations in South Africa. 4: 1-19, pls 6-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15957092 - page(s): 17-18, pl. 7 fig. 16
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