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Bivalvia | Mytiloida | Mytiloidea | Mytilidae | Mytella guyanensis

nominal species Modiola brasiliensis var. mutabilis Carpenter, 1857

Modiola brasiliensis var. mutabilis Carpenter, 1857 = Mytella guyanensis

Carpenter, 1857. Maz. Shells: ??.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Modiola brasiliensis Gray, 1825)

= Mytella guyanensis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Mytella bicolor (Bruguière, 1792) — WoRMS, 2011

+ Mytella guyanensis (Lamarck, 1819) — Malacolog, 2011

+ Mytella guyanensis (Lamarck, 1819) — Keen, 1971

+ Mytella guyanensis (Lamarck, 1819) — Soot-Ryen, 1955

 
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