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Mesodesma arctatum
Taxonomy
Mactra arctata was named by Conrad (1831) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.
It was recombined as Mesodesma arctatum by Hendy et al. (2008).
It was recombined as Mesodesma arctatum by Hendy et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1831 | Mactra arctata Conrad p. 257 figs. pl. 11, fig. 1 |
2008 | Mesodesma arctatum Hendy et al. |
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Mesodesma arctatum Conrad 1831
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available