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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Unionini | Aculamprotula polysticta

nominal species Quadrula (Lamprotula) similaris Simpson, 1900

Quadrula (Lamprotula) similaris Simpson, 1900 = Aculamprotula polysticta

Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 799.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 924.
(new name for Unio affinis Heude, 1875)

= Aculamprotula polysticta

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Gibbosula polysticta (Heude, 1877) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

= Lamprotula similaris (Simpson, 1900) — Zieritz et al., 2018

+ Gibbosula polysticta (Heude, 1877) — Lopes-Lima et al., 2018

= Lamprotula similaris (Simpson, 1900) — He & Zhuang, 2013

= Lamprotula similaris Simpson, 1900 — Bogan, 2010

= Lamprotula similaris (Simpson, 1900) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

= Lamprotula similaris (Simpson, 1914) — Prozorova et al., 2005

= Lamprotula similarisHu, 2005

+ Liu et al., 1979

= Lamprotula similaris (Simpson, 1900) — Haas, 1969

= Quadrula (Lamprotula) similaris Simpson, 1900 — Simpson, 1914

+ Unio (Quadrula) nodulosus Wood — Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1905

= Quadrula (Lamprotula) similaris Simpson, 1900 — Simpson, 1900

 
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