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

nominal species Unio (Quadrula) leai var. ponderosa Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1905

Unio (Quadrula) leai var. ponderosa Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1905 = Lamprotula leaii

Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1905. J. de Conch. 53: 209.
(homonym of Mya ponderosa Dillwyn, 1817; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio leaii Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)

= Lamprotula leaii

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Lamprotula leaii (Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833) — Lopes-Lima et al., 2020

+ Lamprotula leai (Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833) — Do et al., 2018

+ Lamprotula leaii (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833) — He & Zhuang, 2013

= Lamprotula ponderosa (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1905) — IUCN, 2011

= Lamprotula ponderosa Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1905 — Bogan, 2010

= Lamprotula ponderosa (Fischer & Dautzenberg, 1905) — Dang et al., 1980

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

= Quadrula (Lamprotula) leai var. ponderosa (Fischer & Dautzenberg, 1905) — Simpson, 1914

= Unio (Quadrula) leai var. ponderosa n. var. — Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1905

 
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