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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Gonideinae | Contradentini | Lens contradens

nominal species Margaron (Unio) dimotus Lea, 1870

Margaron (Unio) dimotus Lea, 1870 = Lens contradens

Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 30.
(new name for Unio sumatrensis Lea, 1859)

= Lens contradens

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Lens contradens (Lea, 1838), comb. nov. — Pfeiffer et al., 2021

+ Contradens contradens (I. Lea, 1838) — Bieler, 2021

= Contradens ascia dimotusMarwoto, 1987

= Uniandra contradens dimotus (Lea, 1870) — Brandt, 1974

+ Contradens ascia (Hanley, 1856) — Haas, 1969

= Contradens ascia dimotus (Lea) — van Benthem Jutting, 1953

= Contradens ascia dimotus (Lea, 1870) — Haas, 1924

= Nodularia (s.s.) dimota (Lea, 1870) — Simpson, 1914

= Contradens dimotus dimotus (Lea, 1870) — Haas, 1913

= Nodularia (s.s.) dimota (Lea, 1870) — Simpson, 1900

= Margaron (Unio) dimotus (Lea) — Lea, 1870

 
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