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

nominal species Anodonta simpsoniana Lea, 1861

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Anodonta simpsoniana Lea, 1861 = Pyganodon grandis

Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 56.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 212 [34], pl. 32, fig. 281.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86434, Fort Rae, Gt. Slave Lake.

= Pyganodon grandis

Taxonomic Opinions

= Anodonta grandis simpsoniana Lea — ITIS, 2012

= Pyganodon simpsoniana (Lea, 1861) — Doucet-Beaupré et al., 2012

+ Pyganodon grandis Say, 1829 — IUCN, 2012

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

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

= Pyganodon simpsonaia [sic] (Lea, 1861) — Cyr et al., 2007

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

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

+ Hoeh & Burch, 1989

= Anodonta grandis simpsoniana Lea, 1861 — R.I. Johnson, 1980

= Anodonta grandis simpsoniana Lea — Mackie et al., 1980

= Anodonta grandis simpsoniana Lea, 1861 — Burch, 1975

= Anodonta grandis simpsoniana Lea, 1861 — Clarke, 1973

+ Anodontoides ferussacianus ferussacianus (Lea, 1834) — Haas, 1969

+ Anodonta kennicottii Lea, 1861 — F.C. Baker, 1928

+ Anodonta (Anodontoides) ferussaciana Lea, 1834 — Frierson, 1927

+ Anodonta kennicottii Lea, 1861 — Simpson, 1914

+ Anodonta kennicottii Lea, 1861 — Simpson, 1900

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

= Anodon simpsonianus (Lea, 1861) — Sowerby, 1870

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

 
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