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Data last updated
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Publication Ortmann (1923): summary

Full Citation

Ortmann, A.E. 1923. The anatomy and taxonomy of certain Unioninae and Anodontinae from the Gulf Drainage. Nautilus 36(4): 129-132. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Strophitus conasaugaensis Ortmann, 1923 = Pseudodontoideus connasaugaensis

Ortmann, 1923. Nautilus 36(4): 130, footnote.
(new name for Margaritana connasaugaensis Lea, 1858)

Taxonomic Opinions

Strophitus conasaugaensis (Lea, 1857) = Pseudodontoideus connasaugaensis + Pseudodontoideus subvexus

+ Margaritana alabamensis Lea, 1861

+ Margaritana gesnerii Lea, 1858

+ Margaritana connasaugaensis Lea, 1858

Strophitus spillmani (Lea, 1858) = Pseudodontoideus subvexus

Strophitus tombigbeensis (Lea, 1858) = Pseudodontoideus subvexus

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