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nominal species Iridina ovata Swainson, 1823

Iridina ovata Swainson, 1823 = Pleiodon ovatus

Swainson, 1823. Philos. Mag. & J. 61: 113.
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 380.
(renamed Arca rostrum Wood, 1828)

Taxonomic Opinions

= Pleiodon ovatus (Swainson, 1823) — Graf & Cummings, 2021: 27.

= Pleiodon ovata (Swainson, 1823) — Zieritz et al., 2013: 277.

= Pleiodon ovatus (Swainson, 1823) — Graf & Cummings, 2011: 24.

= Mutela ovata (Swainson, 1823) — IUCN, 2010: [web].

= Pleiodon ovatus Swainson, 1823 — Bogan, 2010: [web].

= Pleiodon ovata (Swainson, 1823) — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 314.

= Pleiodon ovata (Swainson, 1823) — Graf & Cummings, 2006: 368, figs. 6E, 15B.

= Iridina ovatus Swainson, 1823 — Graf, 2000: 15.

= Pleiodon ovatus (Swainson, 1823) — Daget, 1998: 151.

= Mutela ovata (Swainson, 1823) — Mandahl-Barth, 1988: 84, figs. 78-80.

= Iridina (Pleiodon) ovata Swainson, 1823 — Haas, 1969: 601.

= Iridina (Pleiodon) ovata Swainson, 1823 — Haas, 1969: N465, fig. 55:5.

= Pleiodon (s.s.) ovatus (Swainson, 1823) — Pain & Woodward, 1964: 6.

= Iridina (sec. Pliodon) ovata Swainson — Thiele, 1934: 843, [1282], fig. 810.

= Iridina (Pleiodon) ovata Swainson, 1823 — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: 443.

= Pleiodon (s.s.) ovatus (Swainson, 1823) — Simpson, 1914: 1376.

= Pleiodon ovatum Swain. — Kobelt, 1910: 85.

= Pleiodon (s.s.) ovatus (Swainson, 1823) — Simpson, 1900: 908.

= Iridina ovata Swainson — Ancey, 1888: 75.

= Mutela (sec. Pliodon) ovata (Swainson) — Fischer, 1886: 1004.

= Pliodon ovatus Swainson — Bourguignat, 1879: 45.

= Iridina ovata — Woodward, 1871: 435.

= Platiris (Iridina) ovata (Swain.) — Lea, 1870: 88.

= Pleiodon ovatus (Swainson, 1823) — Sowerby, 1866: pl. 1, sp. 1.

= Pleiodon ovata (Swains.) — Adams & Adams, 1857: 506, pl. 119, figs. 2-2a.

= Mutela (Pliodon) ovata (Sws.) — Mørch, 1853: 49.

= Platiris (Iridina) ovata (Swain.) — Lea, 1852: 54.

= Iridina ovata Swainson — Hanley, 1843: 225.

= Iridina ovata Swainson, 1823 — Swainson, 1840: 380.

= Platiris (Iridina) ovata (Swainson, 1823) — Sowerby, 1839: 84.

= Platiris (Iridina) ovata Swain. — Lea, 1838: 33.