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

nominal species Unio saccatus Küster, 1862

Unio saccatus Küster, 1862 = Epioblasma florentina

specimen image from publication‘Anthony’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 263, pl. 89, fig. 2.
(homonym of Unio tumidus var. saccatus Rossmässler, 1859)

= Epioblasma florentina

Taxonomic Opinions

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

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

+ Plagiola (Torulosa) florentina (Lea, 1857) — R.I. Johnson, 1978

+ Dysnomia (Capsaeformis) florentina florentina (Lea, 1857) — Haas, 1969

+ Dysnomia (Capsaeformis) florentina (Lea, 1857) — Frierson, 1927

+ Truncilla (Pilea) florentina (Lea, 1857) — Simpson, 1914

+ Truncilla (Pilea) florentina Lea — Simpson, 1900

= Unio saccatus Anthony — Küster, 1862

 
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