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Original name (Basionym): Polydora cornuta Bosc 1802
Described from: USA (Atlantic coast)
Type locality: South Carolina
Remarks: Book also published as part of Histoire naturelle de Buffon. Paris, 1801-1803. Bosc (1759-1828) spent only a few years in the Usa from 1796. He was a mycologist. The fig 7 is whole body, and 8 is underside of head, both diagrammatic.
Source: Bosc, L.A.C. 1802 : Histoire naturelles des vers, contenant leur description et leur moeurs avec figures dessinees d'apres nature [Book] 1-3: 1-324.
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