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Margaritiferidae

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Central America

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Data last updated
Thu 18 Dec 2025

Bivalvia | Unionoida | Silesunionoidea | Unionellidae | Protovirgus

species Protovirgus dunstani (Etheridge, 1888): synonymy

Synonymy

Unio dunstani Etheridge, 1888

Etheridge, 1888. Mem. Geol. Surv. N.S. Wales, Paleont. 1: 11, pl. 1, figs. 11-19.

Protovirgus dunstani — McMichael (1957), Hocknull (2000), Ponder et al. (2025)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Protovirgus dunstani — McMichael (1957), Hocknull (2000), Ponder et al. (2025)

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