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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Quadrulini | Quadrulina | Quadrula quadrula

nominal species Unio blandianus Lea, 1857

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Unio blandianus Lea, 1857 = Quadrula quadrula

Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8: 263.
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 31.
Lea, 1858. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 6]: 65, pl. 11, fig. 47.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84190, Othcaloosa Cr., Ga.

= Quadrula quadrula

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820) — Lopes-Lima et al., 2019

+ Quadrula rumphiana (Lea, 1852) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820) — Burch, 1975

+ Quadrula (s.s.) quadrula rumphiana (Lea, 1852) — Haas, 1969

+ Quadrula (s.s.) quadrula-rumphiana (Lea, 1852) — Frierson, 1927

+ Quadrula (sec. Theliderma) rumphiana (Lea, 1852) — Simpson, 1914

+ Quadrula (sec. Theliderma) rumphiana (Lea, 1852) — Simpson, 1900

= Unio (sec. Rotundaria) blandianus Lea, 1856 — Paetel, 1890

= Unio blandianus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888

= Margaron (Unio) blandianus (Lea) — Lea, 1870

= Unio blandianus Lea, 1856 — Sowerby, 1868

 
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