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

nominal species Unio latecostatus Lea, 1845

Unio latecostatus Lea, 1845 = Amblema plicata

Lea, 1845. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 4: 163.
Lea, 1848. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 4]: 68 [42], pl. 1, fig. 2.
Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPE ANSP_127444, Ala. River, Selma, Alabama.

= Amblema plicata

Taxonomic Opinions

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

+ Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Amblema plicata (Say, 1819) — Howells et al., 1996

+ Amblema (s.s.) plicata-costata Rafinesque, 1820 — Frierson, 1927

= Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta) undulata var. latecostata (Lea, 1845) — Simpson, 1914

+ — de Gregorio, 1914

= Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta) undulata var. latecostata (Lea, 1845) — Simpson, 1900

+ Unio undulatus Barnes, 1823 — Call, 1895

= Unio laticostatus [sic] Lea — Singley, 1893

= Unio latecostatus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888

= Margaron (Unio) laticostatus [sic] (Lea) — Lea, 1870

= Unio latecostatus Lea — Küster, 1861

= Unio (Diplodon) laticostatus [sic] Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857

+ Plectomerus costatus (Raf.) — Conrad, 1853

= Margaron (Unio) laticostasus [sic] (Lea) — Lea, 1852