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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Obovaria subrotunda

nominal species Obovaria lens var. parva Simpson, 1914

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Obovaria lens var. parva Simpson, 1914 = Obovaria subrotunda

Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 294.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio lens Lea, 1831)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_150457, Duck Riv., Tenn.

= Obovaria subrotunda

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Obovaria subrotunda (Rafinesque, 1820) — Watters et al., 2009

+ Obovaria subrotunda (Rafinesque, 1820) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Obovaria subrotunda (Rafinesque, 1820) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Obovaria subrotunda (Rafinesque, 1820) — R.I. Johnson, 1980

+ Obovaria (s.s.) levigata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Haas, 1969

+ Obovaria (s.s.) levigata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Frierson, 1927

= Obovaria (s.s.) lens var. parva Simpson, 1914 — Simpson, 1914

 
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