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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Epioblasma flexuosa

nominal species Unio flexuosus ‘Rafinesque’ of Authors

Unio flexuosus ‘Rafinesque’ of Authors = Epioblasma flexuosa

‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Conrad, 1835. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(1): 8, pl. 6, fig. 2.
Reeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 6, sp. 22; pl. 13, fig. 53.
(reference to Obliquaria (Quadrula) flexuosa Rafinesque, 1820)

= Epioblasma flexuosa

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Truncilla (Dysnomia) foliata (Hildreth, 1828) — Simpson, 1914

+ Truncilla (Dysnomia) foliata Hildreth — Simpson, 1900

+ Margaron (Unio) foliatus (Hild.) — Lea, 1870

+ Unio flexuosus Raf. — Conrad, 1853

+ Margaron (Unio) foliatus (Hild.) — Lea, 1852

+ Unio flexuosus Rafinesque — Küster, 1852

+ Unio foliatus Hildreth — Hanley, 1843

+ Margarita (Unio) foliatus Hild. — Lea, 1838

+ Margarita (Unio) foliatus (Hildreth, 1828) — Lea, 1836

 
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