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

nominal species Unio pilsbryi Marsh, 1891

Unio pilsbryi Marsh, 1891 = Amblema plicata

Marsh, 1891. Nautilus 5(1): 1.
Pilsbry, 1892. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 44: 131, pl. 8, figs. 7-8.
Pilsbry, 1893. Nautilus 7(1): pl. 1, figs. 7-8.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_41589, Little Red River, Ark.

= 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 (Say, 1817) — R.I. Johnson, 1980

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

= Amblema (s.s.) plicata-pilsbryi (Marsh, 1891) — Frierson, 1927

+ Amblema perplicata quintardi (Cragin) — Utterback, 1915

= Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta) undulata var. pilsbryi (Marsh, 1891) — Simpson, 1914

= Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta) undulata var. pilsbryi (Marsh, 1891) — Simpson, 1900

+ Unio undulatus Barnes, 1823 — Call, 1895