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

nominal species Unio marginalis var. cylindrica Hanley & Theobald, 1872

image of type lot

Unio marginalis var. cylindrica Hanley & Theobald, 1872 = Lamellidens marginalis

specimen image from publicationHanley & Theobald, 1872. Conch. Indica (3): 20, pl. 44, fig. 1.
(homonym of Unio cylindricus Say, 1817; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio marginalis Lamarck, 1819)
Type(s): UNKNOWN BMNH_429-06-1-1, Poonassa.

= Lamellidens marginalis

Taxonomic Opinions

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

= Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. cylindrica (Hanley & Theobald, 1876) — Preston, 1915

= Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. cylindricus (Hanley & Theobald, 1876) — Simpson, 1914

= Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. cylindricus (Hanley & Theobald, 1876) — Simpson, 1900

= Unio (s.s.) marginalis vr. cylindrica Lea [sic] — Paetel, 1890

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

= Unio marginalis var. cylindricaHanley & Theobald, 1872

 
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