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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Popenaiadini | Nephronaias ravistella

nominal species Unio vellicatus Reeve, 1865

= Nephronaias ravistella

Taxonomic Opinions

+ — Haas, 1969

+ Elliptio (Nephronaias) verae-pacis (Tristram) — Haas, 1929

= Elliptio (Nephronaias) ravistellus-vellicatus (Sowerby, 1865) — Frierson, 1927

= Nephronaias vellicata (Reeve, 1865) — Simpson, 1914

= Nephronaias vellicatus (Reeve, 1865) — Simpson, 1900

+ Unio (Elliptio) ravistellus var. veraepacis Tristram, 1863 — Martens, 1900

= Unio (Leptonaias) vellicatus Sowerby in Reeve, 1865 — Fischer & Crosse, 1894

= Unio vellicatus Rve. — B.H. Wright, 1888

+ — Lea, 1870

= Unio vellicatus Reeve, 1865 — Reeve, 1865