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Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

Hyriidae

Etheriidae

Mycetopodidae

Iridinidae

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North America

Central America

South America

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North Eurasia

East Asia

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Data last updated
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Publication Heard (1977): summary

publication summary

Full Citation

Heard, W.H. 1977. Anatomical systematics of Cristaria plicata (Leach) (Pelecypoda: Unionidae: Unioninae). Malacological Review 10: 59-70.

Taxonomic Opinions

Cristaria (Pletholophus) discoidea (Lea) = Pletholophus tenuis

Cristaria (s.s.) plicata (Leach, 1815) = Cristaria plicata
+ Cristaria tuberculata Schumacher, 1817