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Data last updated
Tue 05 May 2026

Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Gonideinae | Lamprotulini | Potomida littoralis

nominal species Unio mauretanicus Van Damme, 1984

Unio mauretanicus Van Damme, 1984 = Potomida littoralis

Van Damme, 1984. Freshw. Moll. N. Africa (25): 59.
(error for Unio mauritanicus Bourguignat, 1868)

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Psilunio littoralis fellmanni (DeShayes, 1848) — Daget, 1998: 85.

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