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Bivalvia | Sphaerioida | Sphaerioidea | Sphaeriidae | Sphaeriinae | Sphaerium capense

nominal species Cyclas (Sphaerium) madagascariensis Tristram, 1863

Cyclas (Sphaerium) madagascariensis Tristram, 1863 = Sphaerium capense

Tristram, 1863. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1863: 61.

= Sphaerium capense

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Sphaerium capense (Krauss, 1848) — Daget, 1998

+ Sphaerium capense (Krauss, 1848) — Mandahl-Barth, 1988

= Sphærium madagascariensis Tristram — E.A. Smith, 1882

= Sphærium madagascariense Tristram — Prime, 1870

 
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