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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Aspathariinae | Aspatharia dahomeyensis

nominal species Mutelina complanata var. abbreviata Germain, 1907

Mutelina complanata var. abbreviata Germain, 1907 = Aspatharia dahomeyensis

Germain, 1907. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 13: 68.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mutelina complanata Jousseaume, 1886)

= Aspatharia dahomeyensis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Aspatharia complanata (Jousseaume, 1886) — Daget, 1998

+ Mutela dubia (Gmelin, 1791) — Van Damme, 1984

+ Mutela (s.s.) dubia (Gmelin, 1791) — Haas, 1969

= Mutela (s.s.) complanata mut. abbreviata (Germain, 1907) — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

+ Simpson, 1914

 
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