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Bivalvia | Venerida | Veneroidea | Veneridae | Saxidomus

species Saxidomus purpurata (Sowerby, 1852): synonymy

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Synonymy

Tapes purpurata Sowerby, 1852

Sowerby, 1852. Thesaur. Conch. 2(13): 692.

Saxidomus purpurata — Wu et al. (2023)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Saxidomus purpurata — Wu et al. (2023)

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