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

nominal species Unio perplicatus Reeve, 1864

Unio perplicatus Reeve, 1864 = Amblema plicata

specimen image from publication‘Conrad, Anthony, MS.’ Reeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 9, sp. 35; errata [changed to ‘U. atrocostatus’].
(reference to Unio perplicatus Conrad, 1841; error for Unio atrocostatus Lea, 1845)

= Amblema plicata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Unio (s.s.) multiplicatus Lea, 1831 — Call, 1900

+ Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta) perplicata (Conrad, 1841) — Simpson, 1900

+ Unio multiplicatus Lea, 1830-31 — Call, 1895

 
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