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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio complanata

nominal species Unio blauverenses Paetel, 1890

Unio blauverenses Paetel, 1890 = Elliptio complanata

‘Lea’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 146.
(error for Unio beaverensis Lea, 1868)

= Elliptio complanata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) complanatus (‘Solander’ Dillwyn, 1817) — Simpson, 1914

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) complanatus (Solander) Dillwyn, 1817 — Simpson, 1900

 
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