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

nominal species Unio crassus Barnes, 1823

Unio crassus Barnes, 1823 = Amblema plicata

‘Say’ Barnes, 1823. Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 118, figs. 1a-b.
(misidentified reference to Unio crassus Say, 1817)

= Amblema plicata

Taxonomic Opinions

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

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

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

+ Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta) plicata (Say, 1817) — Simpson, 1914

+ Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta) plicata (Say, 1817) — Simpson, 1900

+ Margaron (Unio) plicatus (Say) — Lea, 1870

+ Plectomerus plicatus (Say) — Conrad, 1853

+ Margaron (Unio) plicatus (Lesueur) — Lea, 1852

= Unio (Theliderma) crassus Barnes, 1823 — Swainson, 1840

+ Margarita (Unio) crassus Say. Bar. — Lea, 1838

+ Margarita (Unio) crassus (Say, 1817) — Lea, 1836

+ Unio plicatus Say, Barn., Hildr. — Ferussac, 1835

+ Unio plicatus Le Sueur — Lea, 1829

 
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