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Margaritiferidae

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Central America

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Bivalvia | Cardioida | Tellinoidea | Donacidae | Galatea paradoxa

nominal species Galatea radiata var. purpurea Germain, 1918

Galatea radiata var. purpurea Germain, 1918 = Galatea paradoxa

Germain, 1918. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 24(2): 131.

= Galatea paradoxa

Taxonomic Opinions

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

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