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Bivalvia | Cardioida | Cardioidea | Cardiidae | Monodacna caspia

nominal species Monodacna pontica Eichwald, 1838

Monodacna pontica Eichwald, 1838 = Monodacna caspia

Eichwald, 1838. Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 11: 168.

= Monodacna caspia

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Monodacna colorata (Eichwald, 1829) — Wesselingh et al., 2019

+ Monodacna caspia (Eichwald, 1829) — WoRMS, 2011

= Monodacna portica [sic] Eichwald, 1838 — Bogan, 2010

= Adacna pontica (Eichwald, 1838) — Kantor et al., 2010

= Hypanis (Monodacna) pontica (Eichwald, 1838) — Munasypova-Motyash, 2006

= Hypanis (Monodacna) ponticaMunasypova-Motyash, 2006

= Adacna (Monodacna) pontica (Eichwald, 1838) — Starobogatov et al., 2004

= Monodacna pontica Eichwald, 1838 — Zhadin, 1965

+ Monodacna pseudocardium (Deshayes, 1838) — Lamy, 1946

= Monodacna pontica m. — Eichwald, 1838

 
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