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Margaritiferidae

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Plesielliptio abbreviatus

nominal species Unio priscus var. abbreviatus Stanton & Hatcher, 1905

Unio priscus var. abbreviatus Stanton & Hatcher, 1905 = Plesielliptio abbreviatus

Stanton & Hatcher, 1905. Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. 257: 108, pl. 12, figs. 2-4.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio priscus Meek & Hayden, 1856)

= Plesielliptio abbreviatus

Taxonomic Opinions

= Plesielliptio abbreviatus (Stanton & Hatcher, 1915) — Modell, 1957

= Unio priscus abbreviatus Stanton & Hatcher — Henderson, 1935

= Elliptio (Plesielliptio) abbreviatus (Stanton) — Russell, 1934

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