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Exomegas gallegensis
Synonym for Geotria macrostoma (Burmeister, 1868)

  Original name  
  Check ECoF  
  Current accepted name  
No
  Status  
Synonym
  Status details  
junior synonym, new combination
  Status ref.  
  Etymology of generic noun  
  from ETYFish
exo-, from ex (Gr.), out of (i.e., outer); megas (Gr.), large, presumably referring to teeth of E. macrostomus, arranged in a concentric series, the outer series containing the largest teeth. (See ETYFish)
  Etymology of specific epithet  
  from ETYFish
-ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Río Gallegos drainage, southeastern Argentina, where type locality (Río Turbios) is situated. (See ETYFish)
  Link to references  
References using the name as accepted
  Link to other databases  
ITIS TSN : None | Catalogue of Life | ZooBank | WoRMS

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Scharpf, C. The ETYFish Project, Fish Name Etymology Database. https://www.etyfish.org
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