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Margaritiferidae

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Central America

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Unionini | Unio

species Unio nucalis Meek & Hayden, 1858: synonymy

Synonymy

Unio nucalis Meek & Hayden, 1858

Meek & Hayden, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 52.

Unio nucalis — Henderson (1935), Yen (1952), Good (2004)
Vetulonaia nucalis — Branson (1935)
Glebula nucalis — Modell (1957)
“Unio” nucalis — Evanoff et al. (1998)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Unio nucalis — Henderson (1935), Yen (1952), Good (2004)
Vetulonaia nucalis — Branson (1935)
Glebula nucalis — Modell (1957)
“Unio” nucalis — Evanoff et al. (1998)

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