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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Gonideinae | Rectidentini | Rectidens sumatrensis

nominal species Unio perakensis Preston, 1912

Unio perakensis Preston, 1912 = Rectidens sumatrensis

specimen image from publicationPreston, 1912. Rec. Ind. Mus. 7: 287, pl. 8, figs. 5-6.
(homonym of Unio perakensis Morgan, 1885; renamed Rectidens prestoni Simpson, 1914)

= Rectidens sumatrensis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Rectidens sumatrensis (Dunker, 1852) — Pfeiffer et al., 2021

+ Rectidens prestoni Simpson, 1914 — Simpson, 1914

+ Rectidens perakensis (Morgan, 1885) — Haas, 1914

= Unio perakensis sp. n. — Preston, 1912

 
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