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Bivalvia | Mytilida | Mytiloidea | Modiolidae | Modiolus

species Modiolus auriculatus Krauss, 1848: synonymy

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Synonymy

Modiola auriculata Krauss, 1848

Krauss, 1848. Südafrik. Moll.: 20, pl. 2, fig. 4.

Mytilus (Modiola) hepaticus Gould, 1850

Gould, 1850. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 3: 343.

Xenostrobus hepaticus — Kimura et al. (1999)
Limnoperna hepatica — Beu (2006), WoRMS (2011)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Xenostrobus hepaticus — Kimura et al. (1999)
Limnoperna hepatica — Beu (2006), WoRMS (2011)

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