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Bivalvia | Lucinida | Lucinoidea | Lucinidae | Lucinoma borealis

nominal species Venus borealis Linnaeus, 1767

Venus borealis Linnaeus, 1767 = Lucinoma borealis

Lister, 1678. Hist. Anim. Anglic.: 174, pl. 4, figs. 23.
Linnaeus, 1767. Syst. Nat. 1(2): 1134.

Taxonomic Opinions

= Lucinoma borealis (Linnaeus, 1767) — Combosch et al., 2017: Table 1.

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