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

nominal species Anodontes europaea Leach, 1852

Anodontes europaea Leach, 1852 = Anodonta cygnea

Lister, 1678. Hist. Anim. Anglic.: 29, pl. 1, fig. 3. [pre-linnaean]
Leach, 1852. Syn. Moll. Gr. Brit.: 326 [as ‘europæa’].

= Anodonta cygnea

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Anodonta (s.s.) cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Vinarski & Kantor, 2016

+ Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Simpson, 1914

+ Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Simpson, 1900

= Anodontes europaeaLeach, 1852

 
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