Pseudunio marocanus (Pallary, 1918:152)

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonyms: Margaritana marocana Pallary, 1918; Margaritifera marocana (Pallary, 1918); Margaritifera (Pseudunio) marocana (Pallary, 1918); Margaritifera auricularia marocana (Pallary, 1918)

See Graf & Cummings (2025) for a more complete taxonomic history.

Conservation Status

Rediscovered in: June 2007 (Araujo et al., 2009 [report of specimens; no explicit mention of rediscovery]; Sousa et al., 2016 [rediscovery mentioned]; Vikhrev et al., 2017 [rediscovery mentioned])

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered

Distribution

Morocco

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

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