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nominal species Potamilus phaiedrus Rafinesque, 1818

Potamilus phaiedrus Rafinesque, 1818 = unionoid nearctic-species

Rafinesque, 1818. Amer. Mon. Mag. 3: 355. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1819. Jour. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. 88: 426 [as ‘U. (Proptera) phaiedra’]. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 22, 29.

= nomen dubium

Taxonomic Opinions

= Unio (Proptera) phaiedra (Rafinesque, 1818) — Rafinesque, 1819

= Potamilus phaiedrus (Rafinesque, 1818) — Rafinesque, 1818

 
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