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

nominal species Anodonta leonensis Lea, 1862

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Anodonta leonensis Lea, 1862 = Pyganodon grandis

Lea, 1862. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 14: 169.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 25 [29], pl. 9, fig. 24.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] USNM_87806 (by R.I. Johnson, 1974: 83), Leon, Texas.

= Pyganodon grandis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829) — Cummings et al., 2025

+ 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

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

= Anodonta grandis var. leonensis Lea, 1862 — Simpson, 1914

= Anodonta grandis var. leonensis Lea, 1862 — Simpson, 1900

= Anodonta leonensis Lea — Singley, 1893

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

= Anodonta leonensis Lea — Lea, 1874

+ Sowerby, 1870

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

= Anodonta leonensis Lea, 1862 — Lea, 1866

 
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