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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Mycetopodidae | Leilinae | Leila esula

nominal species Anodonta gigantea Küster, 1839

Anodonta gigantea Küster, 1839 = Leila esula

‘Spix’ Küster, 1839. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 6, pl. 1, fig. 2. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Anodon giganteus Wagner, 1827)

= Leila esula

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