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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina | Anodontoides denigratus

nominal species Anodonta argentea Lea, 1840

image of type lot

Anodonta argentea Lea, 1840 = Anodontoides denigratus

Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 289.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 223, pl. 19, fig. 41.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86538, Stones R., Tenn.

= Anodontoides denigratus

Taxonomic Opinions

= Anodontoides argenteus (Lea, 1840) — Bogan & Raley, 2013

+ Anodontoides ferussacianus (Lea, 1834) — Watters et al., 2009

+ Anodontoides ferussacianus (Lea, 1834) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Anodontoides ferussacianus ferussacianus (Lea, 1834) — Haas, 1969

+ Anodonta (Anodontoides) ferussaciana Lea, 1834 — Frierson, 1927

+ Anodontoides ferussacianus (Lea, 1834) — Simpson, 1914

+ Anodontoides ferussacianus (Lea, 1834) — Simpson, 1900

= Anodonta argentea Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888

+ Sowerby, 1870

= Margaron (Anodonta) argentea (Lea) — Lea, 1870

= Anodonta argentea Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857

= Anodonta argentea Lea — Hanley, 1856

= Strophitus argentea (Lea) — Conrad, 1853

= Margaron (Anodonta) argentea (Lea) — Lea, 1852

 
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