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Deccanoida aleta N. H. Shah & Patel, 2024 †
1770920 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1770920)
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Shah, N. H.; Patel, S. J. (2024). A new superfamily of freshwater mussels Deccanoidea nov. (Mollusca: Unionida) from an intertrappean deposit of Saurashtra province (Gujarat state, western India): An example of disjunct distribution. <em>Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India.</em> 69(2): 109-134., available online at https://doi.org/10.1177/05529360241269345 [details] Available for editors 
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Type locality contained in Gujarat
type locality contained in Gujarat [details]
Fossil range Exact age uncertain, the range of the fossil-bearing strata of the Bamanbor Formation is given as Palaeocene to Early Eocene.
Fossil range Exact age uncertain, the range of the fossil-bearing strata of the Bamanbor Formation is given as Palaeocene to Early Eocene. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Deccanoida aleta N. H. Shah & Patel, 2024 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1770920 on 2025-09-12
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Shah, N. H.; Patel, S. J. (2024). A new superfamily of freshwater mussels Deccanoidea nov. (Mollusca: Unionida) from an intertrappean deposit of Saurashtra province (Gujarat state, western India): An example of disjunct distribution. <em>Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India.</em> 69(2): 109-134., available online at https://doi.org/10.1177/05529360241269345 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Fossil range Exact age uncertain, the range of the fossil-bearing strata of the Bamanbor Formation is given as Palaeocene to Early Eocene. [details]
