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Margaritiferidae

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Central America

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Publication Reeve (1858): summary

Full Citation

Reeve. 1858. Conchologica Iconica 10.

Attributed Nominal Species

Mytilus americanus Reeve, 1858 = Mytilopsis leucophaeata

Reeve, 1858. Conch. Icon. 10: pl. 10, fig. 43.
(homonym of Mytilus americanus d’Orbigny, 1846)

Mytilus tenebrosus Reeve, 1858 = Mytilopsis leucophaeata

Reeve, 1858. Conch. Icon. 10: pl. 10, fig. 46.

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