MUSSELpdb | nomainal sp. Spatha adansoni var. major Germain, 1917

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nominal species Spatha adansoni var. major Germain, 1917

Germain, 1917. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 23: 517, Abb. 5.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Spathella adansoni Jousseaume, 1886; homonym of Spatha (Leptospatha) lacustris var. major Germain, 1906)

= Chambardia wahlbergi

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Chambardia wahlbergi tabula (Sowerby, 1867) — Daget, 1998

+ Spathopsis rubens rubens (Lamarck, 1819) — Mandahl-Barth, 1988

+ Spathopsis rubens rubens (Lamarck, 1819) — Van Damme, 1984

+ Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens (Lamarck, 1819) — Haas, 1969

= Aspatharia (Spathopsis) adansoni var. major (Germain, 1917) — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

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