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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Amblemini | Amblema plicata

nominal species Unio gigantea Lea, 1838

Unio gigantea Lea, 1838 = Amblema plicata

‘Barnes’ Lea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 31, 35.
(misidentified reference to Unio crassus var. giganteus Barnes, 1823)

= Amblema plicata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) — He & Zhuang, 2013

+ Amblema plicata plicata (Say, 1817) — Watters et al., 2009

+ Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta) plicata (Say, 1817) — Simpson, 1914

+ Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta) plicata (Say, 1817) — Simpson, 1900

 
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