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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Amblemini | Amblema plicata
nominal species Unio peruviana Lamarck, 1819
Unio peruviana Lamarck, 1819 = Amblema plicata
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 248, fig. 7 [as Unio sp.].
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 71, sp. 4.
Taxonomic Opinions
+ Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) — He & Zhuang, 2013: 27.
+ Amblema plicata plicata (Say, 1817) — Watters et al., 2009: 49.
+ Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) — Williams et al., 2008: 133.
+ Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998: 61.
+ Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) — R.I. Johnson, 1980: 86.
+ Amblema plicata (Rafinesque) [sic] — Mathiak, 1979: 28.
+ Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) — Burch, 1975: 169.
+ Amblema plicata plicata (Say, 1817) — Haas, 1969: 287.
= Crenodonta peruviana peruviana (Lamarck, 1819) — Murray & Leonard, 1962: 47, pl. 7, figs. 3-4.
= Amblema peruviana (Lamarck, 1819) — F.C. Baker, 1928: 73, pl. 41, figs. 4-5.
+ Amblema (s.s.) plicata (Say, 1819) — Frierson, 1927: 60.
+ Amblema costata Rafinesque — Ortmann, 1925: 333.
= Amblema peruviana (Lamarck, 1819) — Ortmann & Walker, 1922: 13.
= Amblema peruviana (Lamarck) — Utterback, 1915: 115, pl. 16, figs. 35a-b.
+ Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta) plicata (Say, 1817) — Simpson, 1914: 815.
+ Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta) plicata (Say, 1817) — Simpson, 1900: 767.
+ Margaron (Unio) plicatus (Say) — Lea, 1870: 30.
+ Unio plicatus Say — Sowerby, 1866: pl. 54, sp. 280.
+ Unio plicatus Say — Reeve, 1864: pl. 2, sp. 5.
+ Plectomerus plicatus (Say) — Conrad, 1853: 261.
+ Unio (Crenodonta) plicatus Say — Mørch, 1853: 45.
+ Margaron (Unio) plicatus (Lesueur) — Lea, 1852: 20.
+ Unio plicatus Say — Hanley, 1843: 175.
= Unio (Theliderma) peruviana Lamarck, 1819 — Swainson, 1840: 269, 273, 275, 378.
+ Margarita (Unio) plicatus Lesueur. Say. Bar. Eat. Hild. — Lea, 1838: 14.
+ Margarita (Unio) plicatus (Say, 1819) — Lea, 1836: 12.
+ Unio plicatus Say, Barn., Hildr. — Ferussac, 1835: 27.
+ Unio plicata Le Sueur — Ravenel, 1834: 6.
+ Unio plicatus Say — Lea, 1834: 87.
+ Unio plicatus Le Sueur — Lea, 1829: 417, 421.
= Unio peruviana Lamarck, 1819 — Bory de St. Vincent, 1827: 151, pl. 248, fig. 7.
+ Unio undulatus — Barnes, 1823: 120.
= Unio peruviana — Lamarck, 1819: 71.
