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Publication Lee (2006): summary

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Lee, H.G. 2006. Musings on a local specimen of Toxolasma paulum (I. Lea, 1840), the iridescent lilliput. The Shell-O-Gram 47(5): 3-6.

Attributed Nominal Species

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta couperiana I. Lea, 1840 = Utterbackiana couperiana

Elliptio ahenea (I. Lea, 1843)

Elliptio buckleyi (I. Lea, 1843) = Elliptio jayensis

Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck, 1819)

Elliptio icterina (Conrad, 1834)

Elliptio monroensis (I. Lea, 1843)

Elliptio waltoni (B.H. Wright, 1888) = Elliptio ahenea

Toxolasma corvunculus

Toxolasma cyllindrellus [sic] = Toxolasma cylindrellus

Toxolasma lividum

Toxolasma mearnsi = Toxolasma texasiense

Toxolasma parvum (Barnes, 1823)

Toxolasma paulum (I. Lea, 1840)

Toxolasma pullus

Toxolasma texasense = Pyganodon grandis

Uniomerus carolinianus (Bosc, 1801)

Utterbackia imbecillis (Say, 1829)

Villosa amygdala (I. Lea, 1843) = Villosa amygdalum

Villosa vibex (Conrad, 1834)

Villosa villosa (B.H. Wright, 1898)