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Mon 1 Dec 2025

Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Aspathariinae | Aspatharia dahomeyensis

nominal species Margaritifera margaritifera Abwage et al., 2022

Margaritifera margaritifera Abwage et al., 2022 = Aspatharia dahomeyensis

‘Linn.’ Abwage et al., 2022. J. Res. Forest. Wildl. Envir. 14(3): 135, fig. 2.
(misidentified reference to Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758)

= Aspatharia dahomeyensis

Taxonomic Opinions

= Aspatharia sp.Bolotov et al., 2024

+ Chambardia sp.Bolotov et al., 2024

 
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