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Margaritiferidae

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Central America

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Bivalvia | Mytiloida | Mytiloidea | Mytilidae | Arcuatula tristis

nominal species Volsella subpurpurea Dunker, 1857

Volsella subpurpurea Dunker, 1857 = Arcuatula tristis

Dunker, 1857. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 24: ??.

= Arcuatula tristis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Arcuatula tristis (Dunker, 1857) — Huber, 2010

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