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Data last updated
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Bivalvia | ... | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Rhipidodontini | Diplodon ellipticus

nominal species Unio rhuacoicus Modell, 1950

Unio rhuacoicus Modell, 1950 = Diplodon ellipticus

‘Küster’ Modell, 1950. Arch. Moll. 79(4/6): 141.
(error for Unio rhuaconicus Küster, 1856)

= Diplodon ellipticus

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