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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Iridininae | Pleiodon ovatus

nominal species Arca rostrum Wood, 1828

Arca rostrum Wood, 1828 = Pleiodon ovatus

Wood, 1828. Suppl. Index Testac.: 6, pl. 2, sp. 9.
(new name for Iridina ovata Swainson, 1823)

= Pleiodon ovatus

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Haas, 1969

+ Pleiodon (s.s.) ovatus (Swainson, 1823) — Pain & Woodward, 1964

+ Simpson, 1914

+ Mutela (Pliodon) ovata (Sws.) — Mörch, 1853

= Arca rostrum Wood, 1828 — Wood, 1828

+ Iridina ovata Swainson, 1823 — Wood, 1828

 
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