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

nominal species Anodonta plana Lea, 1834

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Anodonta plana Lea, 1834 = Pyganodon grandis

Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 48 [as ‘palna’], pl. 7, fig. 18.
(correct name for Anodonta palna Lea, 1834)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86626, Bear Grass Creek, near Louisville, Ky.

= Pyganodon grandis

Taxonomic Opinions

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

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

+ Pyganodon grandis (Say) — Strayer & Jirka, 1997

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

+ Anodonta grandis grandis Say, 1829 — Burch, 1975

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

= Anodonta grandis plana Lea, 1834 — F.C. Baker, 1928

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

+ Anodonta grandis var. gigantea Lea, 1834 [sic] — Simpson, 1914

+ de Gregorio, 1914

+ Anodonta grandis var. gigantea Lea, 1834 [sic] — Simpson, 1900

+ Unio (Anodonta) grandis (Say, 1829) — Call, 1900

+ Anodonta grandis Say, 1829 — Call, 1895

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

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

= Anodon plana (Lea, 1834) — Sowerby, 1869

= Anodonta plana Lea — Lapham, 1860

= Anodonta plana Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857

+ Anodonta declivis Con., 1834 — Conrad, 1853

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

= Anodonta plana Lea — Hanley, 1843

= Margarita (Anodonta) plana Lea — Lea, 1838

= Margarita (Anodonta) plana (Lea, 1834) — Lea, 1836

= Anodonta plana Lea — Ferussac, 1835

 
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