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Dosinia elegans (Conrad, 1844) Elegant Dosinia |
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Marco Island,Florida |
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Sanibel Island, Florida (67 mm.) |
| Conrad described this species as a Tertiary fossil (as Artemis) in a paper read in 1843 and identified it in the Recent fauna of Tampa Bay in an 1846 report, but neither of these oft-cited acts constitutes the correct date of publication, which is 1844. |
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