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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Cristariina | Simpsonella burroughiana

nominal species Anodon bengalensis Sowerby, 1867

Anodon bengalensis Sowerby, 1867 = Simpsonella burroughiana

specimen image from publicationSowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 14, sp. 49.
(homonym of Unio bengalensis Lea, 1838)

= Simpsonella burroughiana

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Simpsonella purpurea (Valenciennes, 1821) — Simpson, 1914

+ Simpsonella purpurea (Valenciennes in Humboldt & Bonpland, 1821) — Haas, 1914

+ Dalliella purpurea (Valenciennes) — Preston, 1912

+ Dalliella purpurea (Valenciennes, 1833) — Simpson, 1900

+ Lea, 1870

= Anodon bengalensis Sowerby, 1867 — Sowerby, 1867

 
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