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Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Popenaiadini | Micronaias

species Micronaias fallaciosa (Simpson, 1914): synonymy

3 specimens

Synonymy

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Unio (Micronaias) fallaciosus Simpson, 1914

Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 715.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] USNM_1673591 (by Cummings et al., 2025: 217), Lake Nicaragua, Nicaragua.

Unio (sec. Micronaias) fallaciosus — Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (Micronaias) fallaciosus — Frierson (1927), Haas (1929), Haas (1969)
Micronaias fallaciosa — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Cummings et al. (2025)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Unio (sec. Micronaias) fallaciosus — Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (Micronaias) fallaciosus — Frierson (1927), Haas (1929), Haas (1969)
Micronaias fallaciosa — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Cummings et al. (2025)

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