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Bivalvia | Galeommatida | Galeommatoidea | Lasaeidae | Arthritica ovata

nominal species Lepton ovatum Tate, 1887

Lepton ovatum Tate, 1887 = Arthritica ovata

Tate, 1887. Trans. Proc. Roy. Soc. S. Australia 9: 68, pl. 5, fig. 11.

= Arthritica ovata

Taxonomic Opinions

= Arthritica ovata (Tate, 1887) — Ponder, 2023

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