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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Iridininae | Pleiodon ovatus

nominal species Iridina exotica Children, 1823

Iridina exotica Children, 1823 = Pleiodon ovatus

‘Lamarck’ Children, 1823. Quart. J. Sci., Lit. & Arts 15: 27, pl. 1, fig. 72.
(misidentified reference to Iridina exotica Lamarck, 1819)

= Pleiodon ovatus

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Mutela dubia dubia (Gmelin, 1791) — Daget, 1998

+ Pleiodon (s.s.) ovatus (Swainson, 1823) — Pain & Woodward, 1964

+ Pleiodon (s.s.) ovatus (Swainson, 1823) — Simpson, 1914

+ Pleiodon (s.s.) ovatus (Swainson, 1823) — Simpson, 1900

+ Platiris (Iridina) ovata (Swain.) — Lea, 1870

+ Platiris (Iridina) ovata (Swain.) — Lea, 1852

+ Platiris (Iridina) ovata Swain. — Lea, 1838

 
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