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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Etheriidae | Etheria elliptica

nominal species Margaritifera margaritifera Akindele et al., 2018

‘Linneaus’ of Authors.
Akindele & Olutona, 2015, Water Env. J. 29: 543 [as ‘Margaritifera sp.’].
Akindele et al., 2018, African J. Ecol. 56(3): 488, figs. S1-S2.
Ukam et al., 2018, Adv. in Res. 15(2): 1.
(misidentified reference to Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758)

= Etheria elliptica

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807 — Bolotov et al., 2024
+ Aspatharia dahomeyensis — Akindele et al., 2023

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