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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Margaritiferidae | Margaritiferinae | Pseudunio homsensis

nominal species Margaritana syriaca Pallary, 1929

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Margaritana syriaca Pallary, 1929 = Pseudunio homsensis

Pallary, 1929. Mém. Inst. Égypte 12: 34; ‘Abb.’.
Pallary, 1933. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 5: 149. [nomen nudum]
Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 115.
Type(s): SYNTYPES BMNH_1937-12-30-13052-13053, Le Nahr el Kabir a Tell Kalat [Syria].

= Pseudunio homsensis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Pseudunio homsensis (Lea, 1864) — D.G. Smith, 2001

+ Potomida littoralis homsensis (Lea, 1864) — Schütt, 1983

+ Potomida littoralis homsensis (Lea, 1864) — Haas, 1969

+ Psilunio littoralis homsensis (Lea, 1864) — Haas, 1940

= Margaritana syriaca Pallary, 1929 — Pallary, 1939

 
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