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Bivalvia | Veneroida | Cyrenoidea | Cyrenoididae | Polymesoda mexicana

nominal species Cyrena (Anomala) nitidula Deshayes, 1854

Cyrena (Anomala) nitidula Deshayes, 1854 = Polymesoda mexicana

Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 21, sp. 34.

= Polymesoda mexicana

Taxonomic Opinions

= Cyanocyclas nitidula (Deshayes, 1854) — Simone, 2006

+ Polymesoda (s.s.) mexicana (Broderip & Sowerby, 1829) — Keen, 1971

= Cyrena nitidula Deshayes — Clessin, 1879

= Cyrena nitidula Deshayes — Prime, 1870

= Cyrena nitidula Deshayes — Prime, 1865

= Cyrena (Anomala) nitidula Desh. — Deshayes, 1854

= Cyrena nitidula Desh. — Deshayes, 1854

 
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