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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Lampsilis ornata

nominal species Unio ornatus Sowerby, 1866

Unio ornatus Sowerby, 1866 = Lampsilis ornata

(reference to Unio ovatus var. ornatus Conrad, 1835)
specimen image from publication‘Conrad’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 31, sp. 162.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Lampsilis excavatus (Lea, 1857) — Burch, 1975: 168.

+ Lampsilis excavatus (Lea, 1857) — Clench & Turner, 1956: 198.

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