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Bivalvia | Cardioida | Tellinoidea | Donacidae | Galatea paradoxa

nominal species Galatea truncata Dunker, 1867

Galatea truncata Dunker, 1867 = Galatea paradoxa

Dunker, 1867. unknown publication: 206, pl. 3, figs. 1-3.

= Galatea paradoxa

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Galatea paradoxa (I. von Born, 1778) — Huber, 2010

+ Egeria paradoxa (Born, 1780) — Daget, 1998

= Egeria truncata (Dunker, 1867) — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

 
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