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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Quadrulini | Protamblema belliplicatus

nominal species Unio belliplicatus Meek, 1870

Unio belliplicatus Meek, 1870 = Protamblema belliplicatus

Meek, 1870. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 11: 430.
Meek, 1870. Rept. U.S. Geol. Surv. Terr. (Hayden) (4): 294 [as ‘Unio (Loxopleurus)’].

= Protamblema belliplicatus

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Millard, 2001

= Loxopleurus belliplicatus (Meek) — Haas, 1969

= Protamblema belliplicata (Meek, 1871) — Modell, 1957

= Unio belliplicatus Meek — Henderson, 1935

= Loxopleurus belliplicatus Meek — MacNeil, 1935

 
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