MUSSELpdb | nomainal sp. Unio salamboana Pallary, 1929

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nominal species Unio salamboana Pallary, 1929

Pallary, 1929. Mém. Inst. Égypte 12: 37, pl. 3, figs. 21-24.
Pallary, 1933. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 5: 149. [nomen nudum]
Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 121.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0070, Nahr el Kebir a Tell el Kalaat (Alaouites).

= Potomida semirugata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Potomida semirugata (Lamarck, 1819) — Jihad, 2023

+ Potomida semirugata (Lamarck, 1819) — Lopes-Lima et al., 2021

+ Potomida littoralis delesserti (Bourguignat, 1852) — Schütt, 1983

+ Potomida littoralis semirugata (Lamarck, 1819) — Haas, 1969

+ Psilunio littoralis semirugatus (Lamarck, 1819) — Haas, 1940

= Unio (Limnium) [sic] salamboana Pallary, 1929 — Pallary, 1939

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