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Bivalvia | Venerida | Veneroidea | Veneridae | Chione elevata

nominal species Venus elevata Say, 1822

Venus elevata Say, 1822 = Chione elevata

Say, 1822. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 2(1-2): 272.

= Chione elevata

Taxonomic Opinions

= Chione elevata (Say, 1822) — Combosch et al., 2017

= Chione elevata Say, 1822 — Bieler et al., 2014

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