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Margaritiferidae

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Central America

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Thu 18 Dec 2025

Bivalvia | Veneroida | Veneroidea | Veneridae | Meretrix

species Meretrix casta (Gmelin, 1791): synonymy

Synonymy

Venus casta Gmelin, 1791

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

Meretrix casta — WoRMS (2011)

Corbicula satparaensis Preston, 1914

Preston, 1914. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 13: ??.

Meretrix casta — WoRMS (2011)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Meretrix casta — WoRMS (2011)

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