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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Medionidus

species Medionidus parvulus (Lea, 1860): synonymy

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Unio parvulus Lea, 1860

Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 307.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 45 [49], pl. 16, fig. 43.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84139, Chattanooga, Tenn.

Medionidus parvulusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Burch (1975), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), ... Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)
Medionidus acutissimusFrierson (1927), Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1977)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Medionidus parvulusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Burch (1975), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), ... Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)
Medionidus acutissimusFrierson (1927), Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1977)

 
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