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Margaritiferidae

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Central America

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Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Bivalvia | Sphaerioida | Sphaerioidea | Sphaeriidae | Sphaeriinae | Sphaerium nyanzae

nominal species Sphaerium iredalei Preston, 1912

Sphaerium iredalei Preston, 1912 = Sphaerium nyanzae

Preston, 1912. unknown publication: 328, pl. 17, fig. 3.

= Sphaerium nyanzae

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Sphaerium nyanzae alluaudi (Dautzenberg, 1908) — Daget, 1998

= Sphaerium iredalei Preston, 1912 — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

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