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Margaritiferidae

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Central America

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Bivalvia | Mytiloida | Mytiloidea | Mytilidae | Mytella

species Mytella tumbezensis (Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935): synonymy

Synonymy

Modiolus tumbezensis Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935

Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935. Nautilus 49: 16, pl. 1, fig. 5.

Mytella speciosa — Soot-Ryen (1955)
Mytella tumbezensis — Olsson (1961), Keen (1971), WoRMS (2011)

Mytella speciosa Soot-Ryen, 1955

Soot-Ryen, 1955. Hancock Pac. Exped. 20: 52, pl. 5, fig. 25.
(misidentified reference to Modiola speciosa Reeve, 1857)

Mytella tumbezensis — Olsson (1961)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Mytella speciosa — Soot-Ryen (1955)
Mytella tumbezensis — Olsson (1961), Keen (1971), WoRMS (2011)

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