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Bivalvia | Venerida | Veneroidea | Veneridae | Tapes conspersus

nominal species Venus dorsata Lamarck, 1818

Venus dorsata Lamarck, 1818 = Tapes conspersus

Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 593.

= Tapes conspersus

Taxonomic Opinions

= Tapes conspersus “Tapes dorsataus” — Wu et al., 2023

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