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Bivalvia | Myida | Dreissenoidea | Dreissenidae | Mytilopsis leucophaeata

nominal species Dreissena cumingiana Dunker, 1855

Dreissena cumingiana Dunker, 1855 = Mytilopsis leucophaeata

Dunker, 1855. Comm. de Septiferis: 14.

= Mytilopsis leucophaeata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ — Huber, 2010

+ Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Conrad, 1831) — Marelli & Gray, 1985

= Dreissensia [sic] cumingiana Dunker — Fischer & Crosse, 1894

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