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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina | Pyganodon grandis

nominal species Anodonta opaca Lea, 1852

image of type lot

Anodonta opaca Lea, 1852 = Pyganodon grandis

specimen image from publicationLea, 1852. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 5]: 285, pl. 25, fig. 46.
Lea, 1852. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5: 252. [nomen nudum]
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_128835, New Orleans.

= Pyganodon grandis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Pyganodon grandis grandis (Say, 1829) — Watters et al., 2009

+ Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Anodonta grandis Say, 1829 — Howells et al., 1996

+ Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829) — Vidrine, 1993

+ Anodonta grandis grandis Say, 1829 — Oesch, 1984

+ Anodonta grandis grandis Say, 1829 — R.I. Johnson, 1980

+ Anodonta (Pyganodon) grandis grandis Say, 1829 — Haas, 1969

+ Anodonta (Pyganodon) grandis Say, 1829 — Frierson, 1927

+ Anodonta grandis Say — Utterback, 1915

= Anodonta opaca Lea, 1852 — Simpson, 1914

= Anodonta opaca Lea, 1852 — Simpson, 1900

= Anodonta opaca Lea — Call, 1895

= Anodonta opaca Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888

= Margaron (Anodonta) opaca (Lea) — Lea, 1870

+ Anodon ovata (Lea, 1838) — Sowerby, 1869

= Anodonta opaca Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857

= Anodonta opaca Lea — Hanley, 1856

= Anodonta opaca Lea, 1852 — Conrad, 1853

= Margaron (Anodonta) opaca (Lea) — Lea, 1852

 
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