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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Amblemini | Amblema plicata

nominal species Unio peruviana Lamarck, 1819

Unio peruviana Lamarck, 1819 = Amblema plicata

specimen image from publicationBruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 248, fig. 7 [as Unio sp.].
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 71, sp. 4.

= Amblema plicata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) — He & Zhuang, 2013

+ Amblema plicata plicata (Say, 1817) — Watters et al., 2009

+ Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) — R.I. Johnson, 1980

+ Amblema plicata (Rafinesque) [sic] — Mathiak, 1979

+ Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) — Burch, 1975

+ Amblema plicata plicata (Say, 1817) — Haas, 1969

= Crenodonta peruviana peruviana (Lamarck, 1819) — Murray & Leonard, 1962

= Amblema peruviana (Lamarck, 1819) — F.C. Baker, 1928

+ Amblema (s.s.) plicata (Say, 1819) — Frierson, 1927

+ Amblema costata Rafinesque — Ortmann, 1925

= Amblema peruviana (Lamarck, 1819) — Ortmann & Walker, 1922

= Amblema peruviana (Lamarck) — Utterback, 1915

+ Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta) plicata (Say, 1817) — Simpson, 1914

+ Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta) plicata (Say, 1817) — Simpson, 1900

+ Margaron (Unio) plicatus (Say) — Lea, 1870

+ Unio plicatus Say — Sowerby, 1866

+ Unio plicatus Say — Reeve, 1864

+ Plectomerus plicatus (Say) — Conrad, 1853

+ Unio (Crenodonta) plicatus Say — Mörch, 1853

+ Margaron (Unio) plicatus (Lesueur) — Lea, 1852

+ Unio plicatus Say — Hanley, 1843

= Unio (Theliderma) peruviana Lamarck, 1819 — Swainson, 1840

+ Margarita (Unio) plicatus Lesueur. Say. Bar. Eat. Hild. — Lea, 1838

+ Margarita (Unio) plicatus (Say, 1819) — Lea, 1836

+ Unio plicatus Say, Barn., Hildr. — Ferussac, 1835

+ Unio plicata Le Sueur — Ravenel, 1834

+ Unio plicatus Say — Lea, 1834

+ Unio plicatus Le Sueur — Lea, 1829

= Unio peruviana Lamarck, 1819 — Bory de St. Vincent, 1827

+ Unio undulatusBarnes, 1823

= Unio peruvianaLamarck, 1819

 
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