MUSSELpdb | nomainal sp. Anodonta nycterina Bourguignat, 1881

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nominal species Anodonta nycterina Bourguignat, 1881

Bourguignat, 1881. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 104, 266.
Bourguignat, 1883. Aperçu Unionid. Pénins. Ital.: 105.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_22420, Le Menthon (Ain).

= Anodonta anatina

Taxonomic Opinions

+ — Haas, 1969

+ Anodonta avonensis Montagu, 1803 — Germain, 1931

= Anodonta (Groupe des Westerlundiana) nycterina Bourg. — Caziot, 1907

= Anodonta (Groupe de l’A. anatina) nycterina Bourguignat — Locard, 1893

= Anodonta (Idriniana) nycterina Bourguignat — Locard, 1890

= Anodonta nycterina Bourguignat in sched. — Drouët, 1889

= Anodonta nycterina Bourguignat, 1881 — Bourguignat, 1883

= Anodonta (Groupe de l’A. westerlundi) nycterina Bourguignat — Locard, 1882

= Anodonta (Westerlundiana) nycterina Bourguignat — Bourguignat, 1881

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