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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina | Utterbackiana

species Utterbackiana heardi (Gordon & Hoeh, 1995): synonymy

1 specimen + 2 Genbank vouchers

Synonymy

Anodonta couperiana ‘Lea’ of Authors

‘Lea’ of Authors.
R.I. Johnson, 1969. Nautilus 83(1): 34. [in part]
Heard, 1975. Malacologia 15(1): 84. [in part]
Hoeh, 1990. Malac. Review 23: 67. [in part]

Anodonta heardiGordon & Hoeh (1995)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Anodonta couperianaR.I. Johnson (1969)
Anodonta (Utterbackia) couperianaHeard (1975)
Anodonta “couperiana”Hoeh (1990)
Anodonta heardiGordon & Hoeh (1995), Turgeon et al. (1998), Brim Box & Williams (2000), Zanatta et al. (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), Williams et al. (2011), ITIS (2012), Haag (2012), Williams et al. (2014), Smith et al. (2018)
Utterbackia heardiGraf & Cummings (2007), Cummings & Graf (2010)
Utterbackiana heardiWilliams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Whelan et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Perkins et al. (2025), FMCS (2025)

 
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