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

nominal species Unio rusticus Lea, 1856

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Unio rusticus Lea, 1856 = Lens contradens

Lea, 1856. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8: 93.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1857. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 3 [O. 6]: 294 [14], pl. 25, fig. 7.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_84082, Siam.

= Lens contradens

Taxonomic Opinions

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

+ Contradens contradens (Lea, 1838) — Ng et al., 2020

+ Contradens contradens (Lea, 1838) — Jeratthitikul et al., 2019

= Uniandra contradens rustica (Lea, 1856) — Brandt, 1974

= Contradens rusticus (Lea, 1856) — Haas, 1969

= Contradens rusticus (Lea) — Haas, 1952

= Contradens (Sprickia) rusticus (Lea, 1856) — Modell, 1942

= Contradens rusticus (Lea, 1856) — Ortmann, 1917

= Contradens rusticus (Lea, 1856) — Haas, 1914

= Nodularia (s.s.) rusticus (Lea, 1856) — Simpson, 1914

= Nodularia (s.s.) rustica (Lea, 1856) — Simpson, 1900

= Unio rusticus Lea — Fischer, 1891

= Unio rusticus Lea, 1856 — Morlet, 1889

= Unio rusticus Lea — Morelet, 1875

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

= Unio rusticus Lea, 1856 — Sowerby, 1868

= Unio rusticus Lea — Martens, 1860

 
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