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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Ptychobranchus greenii

nominal species Unio simplex Lea, 1845

Lea, 1845. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 4: 163.
Lea, 1848. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 4]: 76 [50], pl. 5, fig. 15.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_84951, Black Warrior River, Alabama.

= Ptychobranchus greenii

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Ptychobranchus greenii (Conrad, 1834) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Ptychobranchus greeni (Conrad, 1834) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Ptychobranchus greeni (Conrad, 1834) — Burch, 1975

+ Ptychobranchus (s.s.) greeni (Conrad, 1834) — Haas, 1969

+ Ptychobranchus (s.s.) greeni (Conrad, 1834) — Frierson, 1927

+ Ptychobranchus greeni (Conrad, 1834) — Simpson, 1914

+ Ptychobranchus greeni (Conrad, 1834) — Simpson, 1900

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

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

= Unio (Hyridella) simplex Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857

+ Unio greenii Con. — Conrad, 1853

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

 
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