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Bivalvia | Cardiida | Cardioidea | Cardiidae | Didacna

species Didacna eichwaldi (Krynicki, 1837): synonymy

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Synonymy

Cardium crassum Eichwald, 1829

Eichwald, 1829. Zool. Spec. Rossiae 1: 283.
(homonym of Cardium crassum Gmelin, 1791; renamed Cardium eichwaldi Krynicki, 1837)

Didacna crassa — Lamy (1946), Zhadin (1965), WoRMS (2011)
Didacna baeri — Kantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Didacna eichwaldi — Wesselingh et al. (2019)

Cardium eichwaldi Krynicki, 1837

Krynicki, 1837. Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 10(2): 61.
(new name for Cardium crassum Eichwald, 1829)

Didacna crassa — Lamy (1946)
Didacna baeri — Kantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Didacna eichwaldi — Wesselingh et al. (2019)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Didacna crassa — Lamy (1946), Zhadin (1965), WoRMS (2011)
Didacna baeri — Kantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Didacna eichwaldi — Wesselingh et al. (2019)

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