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Planaxidae2

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1940s2010s

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Fossarus

Fossarus

BPBM 200958

Varnum Dennis Phillip Spicer; Varnum Dennis Phillip Spicer, 1943
Kiritimati, Kiribati

Fossarus

BPBM 283818 · MarineGEO 2017; IZ Team, 2017

Oʻahu

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