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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina | Anodontoides ferussacianus

nominal species Anodonta modesta Lea, 1857

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Anodonta modesta Lea, 1857 = Anodontoides ferussacianus

Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 84.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 364 [46], pl. 63, fig. 189.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86534, pond near Kalamazoo, Mich.

= Anodontoides ferussacianus

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Anodontoides ferussacianus (Lea, 1834) — Watters et al., 2009

+ Anodontoides ferussacianus (Lea, 1834) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Anodontoides ferussacianus (Lea) — Strayer & Jirka, 1997

+ Anodontoides ferussacianus (Lea, 1834) — R.I. Johnson, 1980

= Anodontoides ferussacianus modestus (Lea, 1857) — Haas, 1969

= Anodonta (Anodontoides) modesta Lea, 1857 — Frierson, 1927

= Anodontoides modestus (Lea, 1857) — Simpson, 1914

= Anodontoides ferussacianus var. modestus (Lea, 1857) — Simpson, 1900

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

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

= Anodon modestus (Lea, 1857) — Sowerby, 1867

 
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