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

nominal species Unio brazosensis Lea, 1868

Unio brazosensis Lea, 1868 = Amblema plicata

Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 144.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 309 [69], pl. 48, fig. 122.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_84110, Brazos River, Tex.

= Amblema plicata

Taxonomic Opinions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

+ Unio plicatus Lesueur — Call, 1895

= Unio brazosensis Lea — Singley, 1893

= Unio brazosensis Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888

= Margaron (Unio) brazosensis (Lea) — Lea, 1870