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Melina perna (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 207890

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Pterioida (Order) > Pterioidea (Superfamily) > Pteriidae (Family) > Melina (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rank Species
Parent Melina Philipsson, 1788 accepted as Isognomon Lightfoot, 1786
Source  basis of record: Spry, J.F. (1964). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Part 2: Pelecypoda (Bivalves). Tanganyika Notes and Records 63, available online at http://e-library.costech.or.tz/collect/tanzania/index/assoc/HASHb932.dir/doc.pdf [details]

Distribution Tanzania [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207890
Taxonomic
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Date   action   by
1997-02-22 16:55:09Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2011-12-12 16:39:41Z  changed  Rosenberg, Gary
  
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  Citation: Rosenberg, G. (2013). Melina perna (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207890 on 2013-05-24
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