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nominal species Microdontia ovata Haas, 1910

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Microdontia ovata Haas, 1910 = unionoid species

Haas, 1910. Nachr. Bl. Dtsch. Malak. Ges. 42: 100.
Haas, 1911. Conch. Cab. 9 (pt. 2, h. 43): pl. 16, fig. 5.
specimen image from publicationHaas, 1913. Conch. Cab. 9 (pt. 2, h. 48): 161.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE SMF_3531, N. Guinea; Umg. v. Konstantinhafen ?

= nomen dubium

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Graf & Cummings, 2021

+ Walker et al., 2014

= Velesunio ovata Haas, 1910 — Bogan, 2010

= Velesunio ovata [sic] (Haas, 1910) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

+ B.J. Smith, 1992

= Velesunio ovatus (Haas, 1910) — Haas, 1969

= Microdontia ovata Haas, 1910 — Modell, 1964

= Velesunio ovatus (Haas, 1910) — McMichael & Hiscock, 1958

= Velesunio ovata (Haas, 1910) — McMichael, 1956

= Nodularia (s.s.) ovata (Haas, 1910) — Simpson, 1914

= Microdontia ovata Haas, 1910 — Haas, 1913

= Microdontia ovata n. sp. — Haas, 1910

 
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