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

nominal species Unio nux Küster, 1861

Unio nux Küster, 1861 = Epioblasma turgidula

specimen image from publication‘Lea’ Küster, 1861. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 218, pl. 73, fig. 2.
(misidentified reference to Unio nux Lea, 1852)

= Epioblasma turgidula

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Epioblasma turgidula (Lea, 1858) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Plagiola (Torulosa) turgidula (Lea, 1858) — R.I. Johnson, 1978

+ Dysnomia florentina (Lea, 1857) — Burch, 1975

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

+ Truncilla (Pilea) florentina Lea — Simpson, 1900

 
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