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Margaritiferidae

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Central America

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Bivalvia | Cardioida | Tellinoidea | Donacidae | Galatea bernardii

nominal species Galateia cumingii var. rubra Brito Capello, 1878

Galateia cumingii var. rubra Brito Capello, 1878 = Galatea bernardii

Brito Capello, 1878. unknown publication: 15.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Galatea cumingii Bernardi, 1860)

= Galatea bernardii

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Egeria bernardii (Dunker, 1857) — Daget, 1998

+ Egeria cumingii (”Dunker” Bernardi, 1860) — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

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