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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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genus Microdonta Khalfin, 1950: synonymy
     0 Recent valid species (2 total species)

Khalfinella Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1978
Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1978. Morph., Syst. & Phylogeny of Moll.: 27.
(new name for Microdonta Khalfin, 1950)

Microdonta Khalfin, 1950
Khalfin, 1950. Tr. Gorno.-geol. In-ta, Akad. Nauk SSSR, Zap.-Sib. filial 9: ??.
(homonym of Dejean, 1835; renamed Khalfinella Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1978)
Type species: Palaeomutela microdonta Khalfin, 1939 (orig. desig.) = Microdonta microdonta

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

MicrodontaWeir (1969)

 
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