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Unio nubianus L. R. Cox, 1955 †
1527289 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1527289)
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Cox, L.R. (1955). Appendix I. Lamellibranchia from the Nubian Sandstone Series of Egypt. <em>In: Attia, M. (Ed.) Topography Geology and Iron-Ore Deposits of the District East of Aswan. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Department, Les éditions Universitaires d'Egypte, Cairo.</em> pp. 237-247.
page(s): 239, pl. 2, fig. 1 [details] Available for editors
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Note North of Wadi Abu 'Agag, 19 km east of Aswan...
Type locality North of Wadi Abu 'Agag, 19 km east of Aswan (Egypt) [details]
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Cox, L.R. (1955). Appendix I. Lamellibranchia from the Nubian Sandstone Series of Egypt. <em>In: Attia, M. (Ed.) Topography Geology and Iron-Ore Deposits of the District East of Aswan. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Department, Les éditions Universitaires d'Egypte, Cairo.</em> pp. 237-247.
page(s): 239, pl. 2, fig. 1 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Abbass, H. L. (1962). A monograph on the Egyptian Cretaceous pelecypods. <em>Geological Survey and Mineral Research Department, Monographs of the Geological Museum, Palaeontological Series.</em> 1: 1-224.
page(s): 95, pl. 16, fig. 2 [details]
status source Van Damme, D.; Bogan, A.E.; Dierick, M. (2015). A revision of the Mesozoic naiads (Unionoida) of Africa and the biogeographic implications. Earth-Science Reviews, 147: 141-200, available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2015.04.011 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 239, pl. 2, fig. 1 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Abbass, H. L. (1962). A monograph on the Egyptian Cretaceous pelecypods. <em>Geological Survey and Mineral Research Department, Monographs of the Geological Museum, Palaeontological Series.</em> 1: 1-224.
page(s): 95, pl. 16, fig. 2 [details]
status source Van Damme, D.; Bogan, A.E.; Dierick, M. (2015). A revision of the Mesozoic naiads (Unionoida) of Africa and the biogeographic implications. Earth-Science Reviews, 147: 141-200, available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2015.04.011 [details] Available for editors
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Type locality North of Wadi Abu 'Agag, 19 km east of Aswan (Egypt) [details]
