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Unionidae

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Publication Pilsbry (1892): summary

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Pilsbry, H.A. 1892. New and unfigured Unionidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 44. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

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Unio pilsbryi Marsh, 1891 = Amblema plicata

Marsh, 1891. Nautilus 5(1): 1.
Pilsbry, 1892. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 44: 131, pl. 8, figs. 7-8.
Pilsbry, 1893. Nautilus 7(1): pl. 1, figs. 7-8.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_41589, Little Red River, Ark.

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Unio (Arconaia) provancheriana Pilsbry, 1890 = Elliptio complanata

Pilsbry, 1890. Natural. Canadien 20: 171.
Pilsbry, 1892. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 44: 132, pl. 7, figs. 4-6.
Type(s): UNKNOWN ANSP_42758, [no locality available - North America].

 
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