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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Margaritiferidae | Gibbosulinae | Gibbosula laosensis

nominal species Margaritana woodthorpi Godwin-Austen, 1919

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Margaritana woodthorpi Godwin-Austen, 1919 = Gibbosula laosensis

specimen image from publicationGodwin-Austen, 1919. Rec. Ind. Mus. 16: 203, pl. 15.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965218, Fort Stedman, Shan States.

= Gibbosula laosensis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Margaritanopsis laosensis (Lea, 1863) — D.G. Smith, 2001

+ Margaritanopsis laosensis (Lea, 1863) — Brandt, 1974

+ Margaritifera (Margaritanopsis) laosensis (Lea, 1863) — Haas, 1969

= Margaritanopsis woodthorpi (Gowin-Austen, 1919) — Haas, 1924

+ Prashad, 1922

 
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