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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Gonideinae | Contradentini | Lens lugens

nominal species Unio saccellus Drouët & Chaper, 1892

image of type lot

Unio saccellus Drouët & Chaper, 1892 = Lens lugens

specimen image from publicationDrouët & Chaper, 1892. Mém. Soc. Zool. France 5: 148, pl. 5, figs. 4-6.
Drouët, 1893. J. de Conch. 41: 43.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_IM_2000-1774, Borneo.

= Lens lugens

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Lens lugens (Drouët & Chaper, 1892), comb. nov. — Pfeiffer et al., 2021

+ Contradens ascia (Hanley, 1856) — Haas, 1969

= Contradens ascia sacellus [sic] (Drouet & Chaper, 1892) — Haas, 1924

= Nodularia (s.s.) sacellus [sic] (Drouet & Chaper, 1892) — Simpson, 1914

= Contradens dimotus saccellus (Drouet & Chaper, 1892) — Haas, 1913

= Nodularia (s.s.) sacellus [sic] (Drouet & Chaper, 1892) — Simpson, 1900

= Unio saccellus Drouet et Chaper — Drouët, 1894

= Unio saccellus Drouet et Chaper — Drouët & Chaper, 1892

 
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