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Bivalvia | Sphaeriida | Sphaerioidea | Sphaeriidae | Sphaeriinae | Sphaerium capense

nominal species Sphaerium capense Sowerby, 1876

Sphaerium capense Sowerby, 1876 = Sphaerium capense

Sowerby, 1876. Conch. Icon. 20: pl. 5, figs. 45a-b.
(homonym of Cyclas capensis Krauss, 1848)

= Sphaerium capense

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Sphaerium vinosum Dupuis, 1924 — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

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