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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Amblemini | Amblema plicata

nominal species Unio heros Küster, 1855

Unio heros Küster, 1855 = Amblema plicata

specimen image from publication‘Say’ Küster, 1855. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 136, pl. 40, figs. 1-2.
(misidentified reference to Unio heros Say, 1829)

= Amblema plicata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Amblema plicata plicata (Say, 1817) — Watters et al., 2009

+ Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Amblema plicata plicata (Say, 1817) — Haas, 1969

+ Amblema (s.s.) plicata (Say, 1819) — Frierson, 1927

+ Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta) plicata (Say, 1817) — Simpson, 1914

+ Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta) plicata (Say, 1817) — Simpson, 1900

 
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