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Bivalvia | Carditida | Carditoidea | Carditidae | Carditella capensis

nominal species Carditella capensis E.A. Smith, 1885

Carditella capensis E.A. Smith, 1885 = Carditella capensis

E.A. Smith, 1885. Rept. Voy. Challenger 13(35): 12, 216, pl. 15, figs. 7, 7c.

= Carditella capensis

Taxonomic Opinions

= Carditella capensis E.A. Smith, 1885 — Combosch et al., 2017

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