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nominal species Margaritana hembeli Simpson, 1900

Margaritana hembeli Simpson, 1900 = Margaritifera marrianae

‘Conrad’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 679.
Ortmann, 1912. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 8: 235, fig. 3.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 523. [in part]
Clench & Turner, 1956. Bull. Fla. State Mus. 1: 148, pl. 5, fig. 1.
(misidentified reference to Unio hembeli Conrad, 1838)

= Margaritifera marrianae

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Margaritifera marrianae new species — R.I. Johnson, 1983

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