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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina | Simpsonaias ambigua

nominal species Unio hildrethianus Lea, 1834

image of type lot

Unio hildrethianus Lea, 1834 = Simpsonaias ambigua

specimen image from publicationLea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 36 [148], pl. 3, fig. 8.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_122252, Ohio R., Louisville, Ky.

= Simpsonaias ambigua

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Simpsonaias ambigua (Say, 1825) — Watters et al., 2009

+ Simpsonaias ambigua (Say, 1825) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Simpsonaias ambigua (Say) — Strayer & Jirka, 1997

+ Simpsonaias ambigua (Say, 1825) — Clarke, 1985

+ Simpsonaias ambigua (Say, 1825) — Haas, 1969

+ Simpsoniconcha ambigua (Say, 1825) — F.C. Baker, 1928

+ Simpsoniconcha ambigua (Say, 1825) — Frierson, 1927

+ Hemilastena ambigua (Say, 1825) — Simpson, 1914

+ Hemilastena ambigua (Say, 1825) — Simpson, 1900

= Unio (Margaritana) hildrethiana Lea, 1834 — Call, 1900

= Margaritana hildrethiana Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888

= Margaron (Margaritana) hildrethiana (Lea) — Lea, 1870

= Unio hildrethianus Lea, 1834 — Sowerby, 1866

= Unio hildrethianus Lea — Küster, 1861

= Baphia hildrethiana Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857

= Strophitus hildrethianus (Lea) — Conrad, 1853

+ Hemilastena [sic] ambigua Agass. — Agassiz, 1852

= Margaron (Margaritana) hildrethiana (Lea) — Lea, 1852

= Unio hildrethianus Lea — Hanley, 1843

= Margarita (Unio) hildrethianus Lea — Lea, 1838

= Margarita (Unio) hildrethianus (Lea, 1834) — Lea, 1836

+ Alasmodonta dubia Say — Ferussac, 1835

 
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