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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Amblemini | Amblema plicata
nominal species Unio perplicatus Conrad, 1841
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.
Taxonomic Opinions
+ Amblema plicata — Patterson et al., 2021: 784.
+ Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) — He & Zhuang, 2013: 27.
= Amblema plicata perplicata (Conrad, 1841) — Watters et al., 2009: 54.
+ Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) — Williams et al., 2008: 133.
= Amblema perplicata — Krebs et al., 2003: 311.
+ Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998: 61.
+ Amblema elliottii — Mulvey et al., 1997: 870.
+ Amblema plicata (Say, 1819) — Howells et al., 1996: 33.
= Amblema perplicata — Lydeard et al., 1996: 1595.
= Amblema plicata perplicata (Conrad) — Williams et al., 1993: 10.
+ Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) — Vidrine, 1993: 36.
= Amblema plicata perplicata (Conrad, 1841) — Turgeon et al., 1988: 28.
= Amblema perplicata (Conrad) — Davis & Fuller, 1981: 219.
+ Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) — R.I. Johnson, 1980: 86.
+ Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) — Burch, 1975: 169.
+ Amblema plicata costata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Haas, 1969: 287.
= Amblema (s.s.) plicata-perplicata (Conrad, 1841) — Frierson, 1927: 61, sp. 265b.
+ Amblema costata Rafinesque — Ortmann, 1924: 16.
= Amblema perplicatus (Conrad) — Ortmann, 1923: 76.
= Amblema perplicata (Conrad) — Utterback, 1915: 118, pl. 16, figs. 37a-b.
= Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta) perplicata (Conrad, 1841) — Simpson, 1914: 817.
= Crenodonta perplicata (Conrad) — Ortmann, 1914: 21.
= Crenodonta perplicata (Conrad, 1841) — Ortmann, 1912: 247.
= Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta) perplicata (Conrad, 1841) — Simpson, 1900: 767.
+ Unio plicatus Lesueur — Call, 1895: 37.
= Unio perplicatus Conrad — Singley, 1893: 318.
= Unio perplicatus Con. — B.H. Wright, 1888: [4].
= Margaron (Unio) perplicatus (Con.) — Lea, 1870: 29.
= Unio (Dysnomia) perplicatus Conr. — Adams & Adams, 1857: 498.
= Plectomerus perplicatus (Con.) — Conrad, 1853: 261.
= Margaron (Unio) perplicatus (Con.) — Lea, 1852: 20, 40.
