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Publication Kondo & Kobayashi (2005): summary

Full Citation

Kondo, T. & O. Kobayashi. 2005. Revision of the genus Margaritifera (Bivalvia: Margaritiferidae) of Japan, with description of a new species. Venus 64(3-4): 135-140. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Margaritifera togakushiensis Kondo & Kobayashi, 2005 = Margaritifera middendorffi

Kondo & Kobayashi, 2005. Venus 64(3-4): 136, figs. 5-8.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) NSMT-MO_73707, Sakasa River at Togakushi (136°6’ E, 36°45’ N, 1200 m altitude), Nagano Prefecture, Honshu, Japan.

Taxonomic Opinions

Margaritifera laevis (Haas, 1910)

+ Margaritana dahurica Kobelt, 1879

+ Margaritana sachalinensis Zhadin, 1938

+ Dahurinaia kurilensis Zatravkin & Starobogatov, 1984

+ Kurilinaia zatravkini Bogatov et al., 2003

Margaritifera togakushiensis Kondo & Kobayahi, 2005 = Margaritifera middendorffi

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