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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Mycetopodidae | Anodontitinae | Lamproscapha

species Lamproscapha falsa (Simpson, 1900): synonymy

7 specimens

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Glabaris (sec. Virgula) falsus Simpson, 1900

Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 932, footnote.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1456.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_86711, Yuruari River.

Glabaris (sec. Virgula) falsusSimpson (1900)
Anodontites (sec. Virgula) falsusSimpson (1914)
Anodontites (Virgula) falsusH.B. Baker (1930)
Anodontites (Lamproscapha) falsusHaas (1969), Pereira et al. (2014)
Lamproscapha ensiformisSimone (2006)
Lamproscapha falsaBogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Glabaris (sec. Virgula) falsusSimpson (1900)
Anodontites (sec. Virgula) falsusSimpson (1914)
Anodontites (Virgula) falsusH.B. Baker (1930)
Anodontites (Lamproscapha) falsusHaas (1969), Pereira et al. (2014)
Lamproscapha ensiformisSimone (2006)
Lamproscapha falsaBogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021)

 
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