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Bivalvia | Veneroida | Veneroidea | Veneridae | Meretrix casta

nominal species Venus casta Gmelin, 1791

Venus casta Gmelin, 1791 = Meretrix casta

Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3278.

= Meretrix casta

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= Meretrix casta (Gmelin, 1791) — WoRMS, 2011

 
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