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nominal species Obliquaria (Plagiola) cliffordiana Rafinesque, 1820

Obliquaria (Plagiola) cliffordiana Rafinesque, 1820 = unionoid nearctic-species

Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 321 [also as ‘Unio cliffordiana’].
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 63.

= nomen dubium

Taxonomic Opinions

= Obliquaria cliffordiana Rafinesque, 1820 — Burch, 1975

+ Simpson, 1914

+ Simpson, 1900

+ Lea, 1870

+ Conrad, 1853

+ Lea, 1852

+ Lea, 1836

= Unio cliffordiana Raf. — Ferussac, 1835

= Obliquaria (Plagiola) cliffordianaRafinesque, 1820

 
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