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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Margaritiferidae | Margaritiferinae | Margaritifera valdensis

nominal species Unio valdensis Mantell, 1844

Unio valdensis Mantell, 1844 = Margaritifera valdensis

Mantell, 1844. unknown publication: 403, figs. 1-3.

= Margaritifera valdensis

Taxonomic Opinions

= Margaritifera valdensis (Mantell, 1844) — Araujo et al., 2016

= Paraheudeana valdensis (Mantell, 1844) — Starobogatov, 1970

= Margaritifera (Pseudunio) valdensis (Mantell, 1844) — Mongin, 1963

= Unio valdensis Mant. — Zittel, 1881

 
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