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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Gonideinae | Lamprotulini | Lamprotula caveata

nominal species Unio contritus Heude, 1881

Unio contritus Heude, 1881 = Lamprotula caveata

specimen image from publicationHeude, 1881. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (7): pl. 56, fig. 103.

= Lamprotula caveata

Taxonomic Opinions

= Lamprotula contritus (Heude, 1881) — Do et al., 2018

= Lamprotula contritus (Heude, 1881) — IUCN, 2013

+ Lamprotula caveata (Heude, 1877) — He & Zhuang, 2013

= Lamprotula contritus Heude, 1881 — Bogan, 2010

+ Lamprotula caveata (Heude, 1877) — Prozorova et al., 2005

= Lamprotula contritus (Heude) — Dang et al., 1980

+ Lamprotula caveata (Heude, 1877) — Liu et al., 1979

+ Lamprotula leai (Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834) — Haas, 1969

+ Quadrula (Lamprotula) caveata (Heude, 1877) — Simpson, 1914

+ Quadrula (Lamprotula) caveata (Heude, 1877) — Simpson, 1900

= Unio contritus Heude — Fischer, 1891

= Unio contritus Heude — Heude, 1881

 
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