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

nominal species Unio perplicatus Conrad, 1841

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Unio perplicatus Conrad, 1841 = Amblema plicata

Conrad, 1841. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1: 19.
Conrad, 1850. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1: 276, pl. 38, fig. 2.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 261 [as ‘Plectomerus perplicatus’].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_129919, Jackson, Miss.

= Amblema plicata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Amblema plicataPatterson et al., 2021

+ Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) — He & Zhuang, 2013

= Amblema plicata perplicata (Conrad, 1841) — Watters et al., 2009

+ Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) — Williams et al., 2008

= Amblema perplicataKrebs et al., 2003

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

+ Amblema elliottiiMulvey et al., 1997

+ Amblema plicata (Say, 1819) — Howells et al., 1996

= Amblema perplicataLydeard et al., 1996

= Amblema plicata perplicata (Conrad) — Williams et al., 1993

+ Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) — Vidrine, 1993

= Amblema plicata perplicata (Conrad, 1841) — Turgeon et al., 1988

= Amblema perplicata (Conrad) — Davis & Fuller, 1981

+ Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) — R.I. Johnson, 1980

+ Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) — Burch, 1975

+ Amblema plicata costata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Haas, 1969

= Amblema (s.s.) plicata-perplicata (Conrad, 1841) — Frierson, 1927

+ Amblema costata Rafinesque — Ortmann, 1924

= Amblema perplicatus (Conrad) — Ortmann, 1923

= Amblema perplicata (Conrad) — Utterback, 1915

= Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta) perplicata (Conrad, 1841) — Simpson, 1914

= Crenodonta perplicata (Conrad) — Ortmann, 1914

= Crenodonta perplicata (Conrad, 1841) — Ortmann, 1912

= Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta) perplicata (Conrad, 1841) — Simpson, 1900

+ Unio plicatus Lesueur — Call, 1895

= Unio perplicatus Conrad — Singley, 1893

= Unio perplicatus Con. — B.H. Wright, 1888

= Margaron (Unio) perplicatus (Con.) — Lea, 1870

= Unio (Dysnomia) perplicatus Conr. — Adams & Adams, 1857

= Plectomerus perplicatus (Con.) — Conrad, 1853

= Margaron (Unio) perplicatus (Con.) — Lea, 1852

 
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