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Margaritiferidae

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Central America

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Data last updated
Thu 18 Dec 2025

Bivalvia | Myoida | Pholadoidea | Teredinidae | Nausitora

species Nausitora dryas (Dall, 1909): synonymy

Synonymy

Nausitora saulii Wright, 1866

Wright, 1866. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 25: 567, pl. 65, figs. 9-15.

Nausitora saulii — Turner (1966), Ramírez et al. (2003)
Nausitora dryas — WoRMS (2011)

Xylotrya dryas Dall, 1909

Dall, 1909. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 37(1704): 162, pl. 25, figs. 2, 3, 5-7.

Nausitora dryas — Turner (1966), Ramírez et al. (2003), WoRMS (2011)

Bankia (Nausitora) jamesi Bartsch, 1941

Bartsch, 1941. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 99(21): 1, pl. 1.

Nausitora dryas — Turner (1966), WoRMS (2011)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Nausitora saulii — Turner (1966), Ramírez et al. (2003)
Nausitora dryas — Turner (1966), Ramírez et al. (2003), WoRMS (2011)

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