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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Etheriidae | Etheria elliptica

nominal species Aetheria tanganikana Bourguignat, 1889

Aetheria tanganikana Bourguignat, 1889 = Etheria elliptica

‘Lamarck’ E.A. Smith, 1880. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1880: 352 [as ‘Aetheria elliptica’].
Bourguignat, 1889. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 6: 65.

= Etheria elliptica

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807 — Daget, 1998

+ Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807 — Leloup, 1950

+ Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807 — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

= Aetheria tanganikana Bourg. — Bourguignat, 1889

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