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Bivalvia | Cardioida | Cardioidea | Cardiidae | Monodacna caspia

nominal species Cardium pseudocardium Deshayes, 1838

Cardium pseudocardium Deshayes, 1838 = Monodacna caspia

Deshayes, 1838. Mém. Soc. Géol. France 3: 59, pl. 1, figs. 1-2.

= Monodacna caspia

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Adacna pontica (Eichwald, 1838) — Kantor et al., 2010

= Monodacna pseudocardium (G.P. Deshayes, 1838) — Huber, 2010

+ Monodacna pontica Eichwald, 1838 — Zhadin, 1965

= Monodacna pseudocardium (Deshayes, 1838) — Lamy, 1946

= Adacna (Monodacna) pseudocardia Eichwald [sic] — Graham-Ponton, 1869

 
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