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original descriptionHolten, H. S. 1802. Enumeratio systematica conchyliorum beat J. H. Chemnitzii quondam ecclesiae Zebaothi Havniae pastoris, plurim societum sodialis p. p. quae publica auctione venduntur die 7me Decembris ano pres. Copenhagen: K. H. Scidelini. vi + 88 pp., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46195957 page(s): 14 [details]
original description(ofMactra ornata J. E. Gray, 1837)Gray, J. E. (1837). A synoptical catalogue of the species of certain tribes or genera of shells contained in the collection of the British Museum and the author's cabinet. <em>Magazine of Natural History, N.S.</em> 1: 370-376., available online athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2334415 page(s): 371 [details]
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