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Original description of Ficopomatus enigmaticus

Original name (Basionym): Mercierella enigmatica Fauvel 1923

Described from: France

Type locality: Canal de Caen

Remarks: The species had appeared newly (as an alien) on the Channel coast of France when described by Fauvel.

Source: Fauvel, P. 1923 : Un nouveau serpulien d'eau saumatre Merceriella n.g., enigmatica n.sp Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 47: 424-430,1figure.

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