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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio crassidens

nominal species Obliquaria (Aximedia) venus Rafinesque, 1831

Obliquaria (Aximedia) venus Rafinesque, 1831 = Elliptio crassidens

Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 3.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 75.

= Elliptio crassidens

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck, 1819) — Watters et al., 2009

+ Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck, 1819) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Elliptio crassidens Lamarck, 1819 — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Burch, 1975

+ Fusconaia subrotunda (Lea, 1831) — Haas, 1969

+ Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) subrotunda (Lea, 1831) — Frierson, 1927

+ Simpson, 1914

+ Simpson, 1900

+ Lea, 1870

+ Lea, 1852

+ Lea, 1836

= Unio venus Raf. — Ferussac, 1835

= Obliquaria (Aximedia) venus Rafinesque, 1831 — Rafinesque, 1831

 
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