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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Etheriidae | Etheria elliptica

nominal species Aetheria nidus hirundinis Simroth, 1890

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Aetheria nidus hirundinis Simroth, 1890 = Etheria elliptica

Simroth, 1890. Zool. Anz. Leipzig. 13: 662. [non-binomial]
Simroth, 1894. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 18: 288, pl. 1, figs. 8-10.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE SMF_5687, Kongo Falle.

= Etheria elliptica

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+ Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807 — Daget, 1998

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

 
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