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genus Protamblema Modell, 1957: synonymy

0 Recent freshwater species (1 total species)

Synonymy

Loxopleurus Meek, 1871

(homonym of Suffrian, 1859 [Coleopt.]; renamed Protamblema Modell, 1957)
Meek, 1871. U.S. Geol. Surv. Wyo. & Terr [Ann. Rep.] (4): 294.
Type species: Unio belliplicatus Meek, 1870 = Protamblema belliplicatus

Laxopleurus Salisbury, 1948

(error for Loxopleurus Meek, 1871)
Salisbury, 1948. Zool. Rec. 82: 80.
Type species: Unio belliplicatus Meek, 1870 = Protamblema belliplicatus

Protamblema Modell, 1957

(new name for Loxopleurus Meek, 1871)
Modell, 1957. Arch. Moll. 86: 189.
Modell, 1964. Arch. Moll. 93: 90.
Type species: Unio belliplicatus Meek, 1870 = Protamblema belliplicatus

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

The Taxonomic History lists the ways authors have classified the species currently assigned to Protamblema, since 1900.

Unio — Henderson (1935)
Loxopleurus — MacNeil (1935), Haas (1969)
Protamblema — Modell (1957)