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Margaritiferidae

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Central America

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Data last updated
Thu 18 Dec 2025

Bivalvia | Cardioida | Tellinoidea | Donacidae | Profischeria

species Profischeria congo (Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927): synonymy

Synonymy

Iphigenia congo Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 373, figs. 83a-c.

Iphigenia congo — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Iphigenia messageri — Daget (1998)
Profischeria congo — Huber (2010), WoRMS (2011)

Fischeria delessertii Boettget, 1913

“Bernardi” Boettget, 1913. Ann. Soc. Roy. Zool. Malac. Belgique 47: 114.
(misidentified reference to Fischeria delessertii Bernardi, 1860)

Iphigenia congo — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Iphigenia congo — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Iphigenia messageri — Daget (1998)
Profischeria congo — Huber (2010), WoRMS (2011)

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