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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Venustaconcha ellipsiformis

nominal species Venustaconcha pleasii Campbell et al., 2005

Venustaconcha pleasii Campbell et al., 2005 = Venustaconcha ellipsiformis

‘Marsh’ of Authors.
Campbell et al., 2005. Invert. Biol. 124(2): 155.
Zanatta & Murphy, 2006. MPE 41(1): 198.
Gangloff et al., 2013. Conserv. Genet. 14: 915. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Unio pleasii Marsh, 1891)

= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Venustaconcha pleasii (Marsh, 1891) — Campbell & Lydeard, 2012

 
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