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Bivalvia | Arcida | Arcoidea | Noetiidae | Striarca lactea

nominal species Arca lactea Linnaeus, 1758

Arca lactea Linnaeus, 1758 = Striarca lactea

Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat. 1: 694.

= Striarca lactea

Taxonomic Opinions

= Striarca lactea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Combosch et al., 2017

= Striarca lactea — Giribet & Wheeler, 2002

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