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

nominal species Anodonta dariensis Lea, 1858

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Anodonta dariensis Lea, 1858 = Pyganodon cataracta

Lea, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 139.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 230 [48], pl. 28, fig. 99.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86600, Macon (Swift Creek), Georgia.

= Pyganodon cataracta

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Pyganodon cataracta (Say, 1817) — IUCN, 2012

+ Pyganodon cataracta (Say, 1817) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Anodonta cataracta Say, 1817 — Burch, 1975

+ Anodonta (Pyganodon) cataracta cataracta Say, 1817 — R.I. Johnson, 1970

+ Anodonta (Pyganodon) cataracta gibbosa Say, 1825 — Haas, 1969

+ Anodonta gibbosa Say, 1824 — Clench & Turner, 1956

+ Anodonta (Pyganodon) cataracta-gibbosa Say, 1825 — Frierson, 1927

= Anodonta dariensis Lea, 1858 — Simpson, 1914

= Anodonta dariensis Lea, 1858 — Simpson, 1900

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

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

= Anodon dariensis (Lea, 1858) — Sowerby, 1867

 
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