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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Anodontina | Anodonta cygnea

nominal species Anodon simplicidus Sowerby, 1867

Anodon simplicidus Sowerby, 1867 = Anodonta cygnea

specimen image from publication‘Parreyss’ Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 12, sp. 40.

= Anodonta cygnea

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Simpson, 1914

+ Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Simpson, 1900

= Anodon simplicidus ‘Parreyss’ Sowerby, 1867 — Sowerby, 1867

 
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