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

nominal species Anodonta fluviatilis Bosc, 1801

Anodonta fluviatilis Bosc, 1801 = Pyganodon cataracta

‘Gmelin’ of Authors.
Bosc, 1801. Hist. Nat. Coquilles 3: 146.
Dillwyn, 1817. Descr. Cat. Rec. Shells 1: 316 [’Mytilus fluviatilis’].
Bosc, 1824. Hist. Nat. Coquilles 3: 143.
(misidentified reference to Mytilus fluviatilis Gmelin, 1791)

= Pyganodon cataracta

Taxonomic Opinions

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

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

+ Anodonta (Pyganodon) cataracta cataracta Say, 1817 — Haas, 1969

+ Anodonta (Pyganodon) cataracta Say, 1817 — Frierson, 1927

+ Anodonta cataracta Say, 1817 — Simpson, 1914

+ de Gregorio, 1914

+ Anodonta cataracta Say, 1816 — Simpson, 1900

+ Westerlund, 1890

= Anodonta fluviatilis Dill. — B.H. Wright, 1888

+ Bourguignat, 1881

+ Margaron (Anodonta) cygnea (Lin.) — Lea, 1870

= Margaron (Anodonta) fluviatilis (Dill., not Gmel.) — Lea, 1870

= Anodon fluviatilis Lea — Sowerby, 1869

+ Anodonta cataracta Say, 1816 — Perkins, 1869

= Anodonta fluviatilis Lea [sic] — Lapham, 1860

= Anodonta fluviatilis “Lea” — Adams & Adams, 1857

+ Anodonta cataracta Say — Conrad, 1853

+ Margaron (Anodonta) cygnea (Drap.) — Lea, 1852

= Margaron (Anodonta) fluviatilis (Dill., not Gmel.) — Lea, 1852

= Anodonta fluviatilis (Dill.) — Stimpson, 1851

= Anodonta fluviatilis Dillwyn — Linsley, 1845

= Anodonta fluviatilis Lea — Hanley, 1843

= Margarita (Anodonta) fluviatilis Lea — Lea, 1838

= Margarita (Anodonta) fluviatilis (Dill.) — Lea, 1836

+ Anodonta cataracta Say — Ferussac, 1835

= Anodonta fluviatilis Dillw. — Gray, 1825

 
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