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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Cristariina | Cristaria plicata

nominal species Anodon herculeus Sowerby, 1867

image of type lot

Anodon herculeus Sowerby, 1867 = Cristaria plicata

specimen image from publication‘Gertsford?’ Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 3, sp. 7.
(reference to Anodonta (Dispsas) herculea Middendorff, 1848)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965200, Hab._? [Tago, Japan].

= Cristaria plicata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Cristaria plicata (Leach, 1814) — Lopes-Lima et al., 2020

+ Cristaria plicata (Leach, 1814) — He & Zhuang, 2013

+ Cristaria (s.s.) spatiosa (Clessin, 1875) — Simpson, 1914

+ Cristaria (s.s.) spatiosa (Clessin, 1875) — Simpson, 1900

+ Cristaria spatiosa (Clessin, 1876 — Ihering, 1893

= Anodon herculeus ‘Gertsford?’ — Sowerby, 1867

 
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