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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Plesielliptio whitfieldi

nominal species Unio vetusta ‘Meek’ of Authors

Unio vetusta ‘Meek’ of Authors = Plesielliptio whitfieldi

‘Meek’ of Authors.
Whitfield, 1903. Bull. AMNH 19: 487.
Stanton, 1909. Proc. Washington Acad. Sci. 11(3): 248.
(misidentified reference to Unio vetusta Meek, 1860)

= Plesielliptio whitfieldi

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Plesielliptio whitfieldi Russell, 1976 — Hartmann, 1998

+ Plesielliptio whitfieldi n. sp. — Russell, 1976

 
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