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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina | Strophitus radiatus

nominal species Margaritana elliptica Lea, 1859

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Margaritana elliptica Lea, 1859 = Strophitus radiatus

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 113.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 106 [110], pl. 18, fig. 254.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86258, Columbus, Miss.

= Strophitus radiatus

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Strophitus radiatus (Conrad, 1834) — Smith et al., 2018

+ Anodontoides radiatus (Conrad, 1834) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Anodontoides radiatus (Conrad, 1834) — Brim Box & Williams, 2000

+ Anodontoides radiatus (Conrad, 1834) — Burch, 1975

+ Strophitus (s.s.) radiatus (Conrad, 1834) — Haas, 1969

+ Anodontoides radiatus (Conrad) — R.I. Johnson, 1967

+ Strophitus (s.s.) radiatus (Conrad, 1834) — Frierson, 1927

+ Anodontoides elliottii (Lea, 1858) — Simpson, 1914

+ Strophitus elliottii (Lea, 1858) — Simpson, 1900

= Margaritana elliptica Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888

= Margaron (Margaritana) elliptica (Lea) — Lea, 1870

 
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