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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Lamellidentini | Lamellidens generosus

nominal species Unio tricolor Küster, 1856

Unio tricolor Küster, 1856 = Lamellidens generosus

specimen image from publicationKüster, 1856. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 156, pl. 45, fig. 1.

= Lamellidens generosus

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Daget, 1998

+ Lamellidens testudinarius (Spengler, 1793) — Haas, 1969

+ Haas, 1936

+ Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

+ Lamellidens generosus (Gould, 1847) — Prashad, 1922

= Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. tricolor (Küster, 1856) — Preston, 1915

= Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. tricolor (Küster, 1856) — Simpson, 1914

= Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. tricolor (Hanley and Theobald) — Preston, 1912

= Lamellidens marginalis var. tricolor Küster — Pallary, 1909

= Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. tricolor (Küster, 1856) — Simpson, 1900

= Unio marginalis var. tricolor Hanley & Theobald — Tapparone Canefri, 1889

= Unio tricolor Küster — Jickeli, 1874

= Unio marginalis var. tricolor Kuster — Hanley & Theobald, 1872

= Unio tricolor Küster — Martens, 1866

= Unio tricolor Küster — Küster, 1856

 
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