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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio hopetonensis

nominal species Unio hopetownensis Sowerby, 1868

Unio hopetownensis Sowerby, 1868 = Elliptio hopetonensis

specimen image from publication‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 68, sp. 349.
(error for Unio hopetonensis Lea, 1838)

= Elliptio hopetonensis

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+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) hopetonensis Lea, 1838 — Simpson, 1900

 
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