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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina | Pyganodon grandis

nominal species Anodonta footiana Lea, 1840

image of type lot

Anodonta footiana Lea, 1840 = Pyganodon grandis

Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 289.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 225 [63], pl. 20, fig. 44.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86468, Fort Winnebago.

= Pyganodon grandis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Pyganodon grandis grandis (Say, 1829) — Watters et al., 2009

+ Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Pyganodon grandis (Say) — Strayer & Jirka, 1997

+ Anodonta grandis grandis Say, 1829 — R.I. Johnson, 1980

+ Anodonta grandis grandis Say, 1829 — Burch, 1975

= Anodonta grandis f. footiana Lea — Heard, 1975

+ Anodonta (Pyganodon) grandis lugubris Say, 1829 — Haas, 1969

= Pyganodon grandis footianus Lea — Modell, 1945

= Anodonta grandis footiana Lea, 1840 — F.C. Baker, 1928

+ Anodonta (Pyganodon) grandis-lugubris Say, 1829 — Frierson, 1927

= Anodonta grandis var. footiana Lea, 1840 — Simpson, 1914

= Anodonta grandis footiana Lea — Ortmann, 1909

= Anodonta grandis var. footiana Lea, 1840 — Simpson, 1900

= Unio (Anodonta) footiana (Lea, 1840) — Call, 1900

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

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

= Anodon footiana (Lea, 1840) — Sowerby, 1867

= Anodonta footiana Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857

= Anodonta footiana Lea — Hanley, 1856

= Anodonta footiana Lea — Conrad, 1853

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

 
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