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Bivalvia | Veneroida | Veneroidea | Veneridae | Meretrix meretrix

nominal species Venus meretrix Linnaeus, 1758

Venus meretrix Linnaeus, 1758 = Meretrix meretrix

Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat. 1: 686.

= Meretrix meretrix

Taxonomic Opinions

= Meretrix meretrix (Linnaeus, 1758) — WoRMS, 2011

 
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