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

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nominal species Alasmodonta nicobarica Mörch, 1872

Fabricus, 1825, Catalogue: 65 [as Mytilus nicobaricus]. [nomen nudum]
‘Fabricius’ Mörch, 1872, J. de Conch. 20: 327.

= Pletholophus tenuis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Cristaria tenuis (Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833) — IUCN, 2012
+ Cristaria (Pletholophus) discoidea discoidea (Lea, 1834) — Haas, 1969
= Pseudodon (s.s.) nicobaricus (‘Fabricius’ Mörch, 1872) — Preston, 1915
= Cristaria (Pletholophus) nicobarica (Moerch, 1872) — Simpson, 1914
= Pseudodon (s.s.) nicobarica (Moerch, 1872) — Simpson, 1900

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