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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Amblemini | Plectomerus dombeyanus

nominal species Unio trapezoides Lea, 1831

image of type lot

Unio trapezoides Lea, 1831 = Plectomerus dombeyanus

specimen image from publicationLea, 1831. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 4 [O. 1]: 69 [79], pl. 3, fig. 1.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_84103, Lake St. Joseph, Mis.

= Plectomerus dombeyanus

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Plectomerus dombeyanus (Valenciennes in Humboldt & Bonpland, 1827) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

+ Plectomerus dombeyanus (Valenciennes, 1827) — Williams et al., 2014

+ Plectomerus dombeyanus (Valenciennes, 1827) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Plectomerus dombeyanus (Valenciennes, 1827) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Plectomerus dombeyanus (Valenciennes, 1827) — Howells et al., 1996

+ Plectomerus dombeyana (Valenciennes, 1827) — Vidrine, 1993

+ Plectomerus dombeyana (Valenciennes, 1827) — Oesch, 1984

+ Plectomerus dombeyanus (Valenciennes, 1827) — R.I. Johnson, 1980

+ Plectomerus dombeyanus (Valenciennes, 1833) — Burch, 1975

+ Plectomerus dombeyanus (Valenciennes in Humboldt & Bonpland, 1827) [sic] — Haas, 1969

+ Amblema (Plectomerus) dombeyana (Valenciennes, 1827) — Frierson, 1927

= Plectomerus trapezoides (Lea, 1831) — Ortmann & Walker, 1922

= Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta) trapezoides (Lea, 1831) — Simpson, 1914

+ de Gregorio, 1914

= Crenodonta trapezoides (Lea, 1831) — Ortmann, 1912

= Quadrula trapezoides Lea — Ortmann, 1909

= Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta) trapezoides (Lea, 1831) — Simpson, 1900

= Unio (s.s.) trapezoides Lea, 1831 — Call, 1900

= Unio trapezoides Lea — Pilsbry & Rhoads, 1896

= Unio trapezoides Lea — Call, 1895

= Unio trapezoides Lea — Singley, 1893

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

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

= Unio trapezoides Lea, 1831 — Reeve, 1864

= Unio trapezoides Lea — Küster, 1862

= Unio (Diplodon) trapezoides Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857

+ Plectomerus crassidens (Lam.) — Conrad, 1853

= Complanaria trapezius [sic]Agassiz, 1852

= Margaron (Unio) trapezoides (Lea) — Lea, 1852

= Unio trapezoides Lea — Hanley, 1843

= Margarita (Unio) trapezoides Lea — Lea, 1838

= Margarita (Unio) trapezoides (Lea, 1831) — Lea, 1836

= Unio trapezoïdes Lea — Ferussac, 1835

= Unio trapezoidesJay, 1835

= Unio trapezoides Lea — Lea, 1834

 
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