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Margaritiferidae

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Central America

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Rhabdotophorus

species Rhabdotophorus declivis (Russell, 1934): synonymy

Synonymy

Medionidus senectus declivis Russell, 1934

Russell, 1934. J. Washington Acad. Sci. 24: 129, fig. 3.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio senectus White, 1877; homonym of Unio declivis Say, 1831)

Unio senectus declivis — Henderson (1935)
Rhabdotophorus declivis — Modell (1957), Hartmann (1998)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Unio senectus declivis — Henderson (1935)
Rhabdotophorus declivis — Modell (1957), Hartmann (1998)

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