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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Quadrulini | Quadrulina | Theliderma metanevra

nominal species Unio wardii Lea, 1861

image of type lot

Unio wardii Lea, 1861 = Theliderma metanevra

Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 392.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 187 [9], pl. 24, fig. 257.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84237, Mahoning R., Ohio.

= Theliderma metanevra

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Theliderma metanevra (Rafinesque, 1820) — Lopes-Lima et al., 2019

+ Quadrula metanevra (Rafinesque, 1820) — Watters et al., 2009

+ Quadrula metanevra (Rafinesque, 1820) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Quadrula metanevra (Rafinesque, 1820) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Quadrula metanevra (Rafinesque, 1820) — R.I. Johnson, 1980

+ Quadrula metanevra (Rafinesque, 1820) — Burch, 1975

= Orthonymus metanevrus wardii (Lea, 1862) — Haas, 1969

= Quadrula (Orthonymus) metanevra-wardii (Lea, 1862) — Frierson, 1927

= Quadrula metanevra wardii (Lea) — Utterback, 1915

= Quadrula (s.s.) metanevra var. wardii (Lea, 1862) — Simpson, 1914

= Quadrula (s.s.) metanevra var. wardii (Lea, 1862) — Simpson, 1900

= Unio wardii Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888

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

= Unio wardii Lea, 1862 — Sowerby, 1868

 
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