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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Quadrulini | Quadrulina | Pustulosa pustulosa

nominal species Unio petrinus Frierson, 1927

Unio petrinus Frierson, 1927 = Pustulosa pustulosa

‘Call (Mss)’ Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 49.
(intro'd as syn of Unio aureus Lea, 1859)

= Pustulosa pustulosa

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Cyclonaias pustulosa (Lea, 1831) — Johnson et al., 2018

+ Quadrula (Bullata) aureus (Lea, 1859) — Frierson, 1927

 
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