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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Smith (2000): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Smith, D.G. 2000. On the taxonomic placement of Unio ochraceus Say, 1817 in the genus Ligumia (Bivalvia: Unionidae). Nautilus 114(4): 155-160. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) = Potamilus fragilis

Ligumia nasuta (Say, 1817) = Sagittunio nasutus

Ligumia ochracea (Say, 1817) = Atlanticoncha ochracea

Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819)

Ligumia subrostrata (Say, 1831) = Sagittunio subrostratus