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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Anodontina | Anodonta cygnea

nominal species Anodonta capitata Clessin, 1874

Anodonta capitata Clessin, 1874 = Anodonta cygnea

Clessin, 1874. Conchyl. Cab.: 125, pl. 39, figs. 1-2.

= Anodonta cygnea

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Anodonta (s.s.) cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Haas, 1969

= Anodonta (Euanodonta) capitata (Kstr.) Cless. — Westerlund, 1890

= Anodonta (Rostratiana) capitata Küster in Clessin, 1876 — Bourguignat, 1881

+ Lea, 1870

 
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