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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina | Pyganodon cataracta

nominal species Anodonta dignota Simpson, 1900

Anodonta dignota Simpson, 1900 = Pyganodon cataracta

‘Rafinesque’ Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 631 [as by Férussac], 648.
‘Rafinesque’ Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 387 [as by Férussac], 437.
(error for Anodonta (Flexiplis?) digonota Rafinesque, 1831)

= Pyganodon cataracta

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