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Margaritiferidae

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Central America

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Data last updated
Thu 18 Dec 2025

Bivalvia | Unionoida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Velesunioninae | Alathyria

species Alathyria jaqueti (Newton, 1915): synonymy

Synonymy

Unio jaqueti Newton, 1915

Newton, 1915. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 11: 230, pl. 6, figs. 2-6.

Velesunio jaqueti — McMichael (1957), Kear & Godthelp (2008)
Alathyria jaqueti — Hocknull (2000), Thompson & Stilwell (2010), Meakin (2011), Ponder et al. (2025)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Velesunio jaqueti — McMichael (1957), Kear & Godthelp (2008)
Alathyria jaqueti — Hocknull (2000), Thompson & Stilwell (2010), Meakin (2011), Ponder et al. (2025)

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