MUSSELpdb | nomainal sp. Anodonta ellipsopsis var. minor Bourguignat, 1881

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nominal species Anodonta ellipsopsis var. minor Bourguignat, 1881

Bourguignat, 1881. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 159.
(homonym of Anodonta cygnaea var. minor de Joannis, 1859; intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta ellipsopsis Bourguignat, 1881)

= Anodonta cygnea

Taxonomic Opinions

= Anodonta (Groupe de l’A. ellipsopsis) ellipsopsis var. minor — Locard, 1882

= Anodonta (Ellipsopsiana) ellipsopsis var. minor — Bourguignat, 1881

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