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Bivalvia | Myoida | Dreissenoidea | Dreissenidae | Mytilopsis africana

nominal species Dreissensia bananaensis Preston, 1909

Dreissensia bananaensis Preston, 1909 = Mytilopsis africana

Preston, 1909. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 4: 88, pl. 4, fig. 3.

= Mytilopsis africana

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Mytilopsis ornata (Morelet, 1885) — WoRMS, 2011

+ Mytilopsis ornata (P.M.A. Morelet, 1885) — Huber, 2010

+ Mytilopsis africana (Van Beneden, 1835) — Daget, 1998

+ Congeria ornata (Morelet, 1885) — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

 
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