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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Truncilla truncata

nominal species Truncilla metaplata Rafinesque, 1831

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Truncilla metaplata Rafinesque, 1831 = Truncilla truncata

Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 4.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 77.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_20258, Cumberland River.

= Truncilla truncata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Dysnomia (Penita) arcaeformis (Lea, 1831) — Haas, 1969

+ Dysnomia (Penita) arcaeformis (Lea, 1831) — Frierson, 1927

+ Plagiola elegans Lea — Vanatta, 1915

= Truncilla metaplata Rafinesque, 1831 — Simpson, 1914

= Truncilla metaplata Rafinesque — Simpson, 1900

+ Lea, 1870

+ Lea, 1852

+ Lea, 1836

= Unio metaplata Raf. — Ferussac, 1835

= Truncilla metaplata Rafinesque, 1831 — Rafinesque, 1831

 
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