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Bivalvia | Unionida | Etherioidea | Etheriidae | Etheria elliptica

nominal species Aetheria africana Paetel, 1890

Aetheria africana Paetel, 1890 = Etheria elliptica

‘Caill.’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 190. [nomen nudum]

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+ Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807 — Daget, 1998: 164.

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