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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Iridininae | Pleiodon spekii

nominal species Pliodon (Cameronia) lavigeriei Germain, 1908

Pliodon (Cameronia) lavigeriei Germain, 1908 = Pleiodon spekii

Germain, 1908. Résult. Sci. Voyage Afrique FOA: 694.
(error for Cameronia lavigeriana Bourguignat, 1886)

= Pleiodon spekii

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Pleiodon spekii (Woodward, 1859) — Daget, 1998

+ Iridina (Cameronia) spekii Woodward, 1859 — Haas, 1969

+ Pleiodon (Cameronia) spekii (Woodward, 1859) — Pain & Woodward, 1964

+ Iridina (Cameronia) spekii Woodward, 1859 — Leloup, 1950

+ Iridina (Cameronia) giraudi (Bourguignat, 1885) — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

+ Pleiodon (Cameronia) giraudi (Bourguignat, 1885) — Simpson, 1914

 
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