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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina | Pegias fabula

nominal species Margaritana curreyana Lea, 1842

Margaritana curreyana Lea, 1842 = Pegias fabula

β€˜Lea’ of Authors.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: pl. 18, fig. 40.
Agassiz, 1852. Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 47.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 42.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 263.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 499.
Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 63, sp. 319.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 68.
B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [6].
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 661.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 474.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 21.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 395.
(error for Margaritana curreyiana Lea, 1840)

= Pegias fabula

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Pegias fabula (Lea, 1838) β€” Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Pegias fabula (Lea, 1838) β€” Clarke, 1981

 
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