MUSSELpdb | nomainal sp. Etheria carteroni Michelin, 1830

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nominal species Etheria carteroni Michelin, 1830

Michelin, 1830. unknown publication: 1.
Michelin, 1831. Mag. Zool. 1: 1, pl. 1, fig. 1.
Type(s): UNKNOWN MNHN_MP_1541, ... Faleme, Senegambia.

= Etheria elliptica

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807 — Daget, 1998

+ Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807 — Haas, 1969

+ Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807 — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

+ Aetheria [sic] elliptica de Lamarck, 1807 — Germain, 1907

+ Aetheria elliptica var. tubifera Sowerby, 1825 — Martens, 1897

= Ætheria (Letourneuxiana) carteroni Michelin, 1830 — Bourguignat, 1880

+ Aetheria caillaudi [sic] Fér. — Jickeli, 1874

+ Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807 — Sowerby, 1872

+ Etheria plumbea Ferussac — Hanley, 1843

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