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Bivalvia | Unionida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Iridininae | Pleiodon spekii

nominal species Iridina speckii Clessin, 1876

Iridina speckii Clessin, 1876 = Pleiodon spekii

‘Woodward’ Clessin, 1876. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 232, pl. 70, fig. 1.
(error for Iridina (Pleiodon) spekii Woodward, 1859)

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Pleiodon spekii (Woodward, 1859) — Daget, 1998: 155.

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