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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Velesunioninae | Microdontia anodontaeformis

nominal species Unio beauforti Bavay, 1908

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Unio beauforti Bavay, 1908 = Microdontia anodontaeformis

Bavay, 1908. Nova Guinea, Zool. 5: 291, pl. 14, fig. 16.
Type(s): SYNTYPE SMF_3534, Jamur See N. Guinea.

= Microdontia anodontaeformis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Microdontia anodontaeformis (Tapparone Canefri, 1883) — McMichael & Hiscock, 1958

+ Microdontia anodontaeformis (Tapparone Canefri, 1883) — McMichael, 1956

= Ctenodesma (Nesonaia) beauforti (Bavay, 1908) — Haas, 1924

= Cristadens beauforti (Bavay, 1908) — Simpson, 1914

 
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