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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Epioblasma othcaloogensis

nominal species Unio modicellus Lea, 1859

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Unio modicellus Lea, 1859 = Epioblasma othcaloogensis

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 171.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 347, pl. 57, fig. 172.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84841, Connasauga R., Ga.

= Epioblasma othcaloogensis

Taxonomic Opinions

= Dysnomia nodicella [sic]ITIS, 2012

+ Epioblasma othcaloogensis (Lea, 1857) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Epioblasma othcaloogensis (Lea, 1857) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Plagiola (s.s.) penita (Conrad, 1834) — R.I. Johnson, 1978

= Dysnomia modicella (Lea, 1859) — Burch, 1975

= Dysnomia (Penita) modicella (Lea, 1859) — Haas, 1969

= Dysnomia (Penita) modicella (Lea, 1859) — Frierson, 1927

= Truncilla (s.s.) modicella (Lea, 1859) — Simpson, 1914

= Truncilla (s.s.) modicella Lea — Simpson, 1900

= Unio modicellus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888

= Margaron (Unio) modicellus (Lea) — Lea, 1870

 
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