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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Amblemini | Amblema plicata

nominal species Unio costatus Conrad, 1836

Unio costatus Conrad, 1836 = Amblema plicata

‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Conrad, 1836. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(2): pl. 17, fig. 7.
specimen image from publicationReeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 4, sp. 16.
(reference to Amblema costata Rafinesque, 1820)

= Amblema plicata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) — He & Zhuang, 2013

+ Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta) undulata (Barnes, 1823) — Simpson, 1914

+ Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta) undulata (Barnes, 1823) — Simpson, 1900

+ Unio undulatus Barnes, 1823 — Call, 1895

+ Margaron (Unio) undulatus (Bar.) — Lea, 1870

+ Plectomerus costatus (Raf.) — Conrad, 1853

+ Margaron (Unio) undulatus (Barnes) — Lea, 1852

+ Unio costatus Rafinesque — Küster, 1852

+ Margarita (Unio) undulatus Barnes. Valen. Hild. Desh. — Lea, 1838

+ Margarita (Unio) undulatus (Barnes, 1823) — Lea, 1836

+ Unio plicatus Say, Barn., Hildr. — Ferussac, 1835

 
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