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

nominal species Unio perlensis ‘Conrad’ of Authors

Unio perlensis ‘Conrad’ of Authors = Amblema plicata

‘Conrad’ of Authors.
specimen image from publicationReeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 11, sp. 42.
Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 163.
(error for Unio pearlensis Conrad, 1855)

= Amblema plicata

Taxonomic Opinions

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

+ 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

 
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