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Bivalvia | Venerida | Cyrenoidea | Cyrenidae | Batissa violacea

nominal species Cyclas islandica Bruguière, 1797

Cyclas islandica Bruguière, 1797 = Batissa violacea

specimen image from publicationBruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 301, fig. 1.

= Batissa violacea

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Batissa childrenæ Adams — Prime, 1862

+ Cyclas islandica n. — Lamarck, 1806

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