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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Margaritiferidae | Margaritiferinae | Pseudunio homsensis

nominal species Margaritana syriaca var. ponderosa Pallary, 1929

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Margaritana syriaca var. ponderosa Pallary, 1929 = Pseudunio homsensis

Pallary, 1929. Mém. Inst. Égypte 12: 36.
Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 116.
(homonym of Margaritana dernaica var. ponderosa Pallary, 1928; intro'd as intra-sp. of Margaritana syriaca Pallary, 1929)
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0077, L’Oued el Kebir a Tell Kalat (Alaouites).

= Pseudunio homsensis

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= Margaritana syriaca var. ponderosaPallary, 1939

 
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