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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina | Alasmidonta marginata

nominal species Margaritana marginata var. truncata B.H. Wright, 1898

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Margaritana marginata var. truncata B.H. Wright, 1898 = Alasmidonta marginata

B.H. Wright, 1898. Nautilus 11(11): 124.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_150545, Clinch R., Va.

= Alasmidonta marginata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818 — Watters et al., 2009

+ Alasmidonta marginata Say — Strayer & Jirka, 1997

+ Alasmidonta (Decurambis) marginata Say, 1819 — Clarke, 1981

+ Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1819 — R.I. Johnson, 1980

= Alasmidonta (Decurambis) marginata truncata (Wright, B.H., 1898) — F.C. Baker, 1928

+ Alasmidonta marginata Say — Ortmann, 1909

+ Alasmidonta (Rugifera) marginata (Say) — Ortmann, 1909

+ Alasmidonta (Rugifera) marginata (Say) — Ortmann, 1909

= Alasmidonta (Rugifera) truncata (Wright, B.H., 1898) — Simpson, 1900

 
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