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Meretrix arabica (Chemnitz, 1795) 
AphiaID: 216585

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Veneroidea (Superfamily) > Veneridae (Family) > Meretrix (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Circenita varia (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
Rank Species
Parent Meretrix Lamarck, 1799
Sources  basis of record: Odhner, N.H.J. (1919). Contribution a la faune malacologique de Madagasar. Arkiv för Zoologi, K. Svenska Vetenskapsakademien, 12(6): 1-52, 4 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6455070 [details]

basis of record: Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321-636, plates IV-VII pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

Distribution Madagascar [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216585
Taxonomic
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Date   action   by
2002-08-06 16:41:02Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2012-11-22 22:13:12Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Meretrix arabica (Chemnitz, 1795). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216585 on 2013-05-25
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