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Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae

tribe AMBLEMINI Rafinesque, 1820: synonymy

3 genera

Synonyms

AMBLEMINI Rafinesque, 1820

Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 310 [as ‘Amblemidia, Les Amblémides’].
Deshayes, 1830. Enc. Méth. 2 (Première partie): 18 [as ‘Ablemidiæ’ [sic] ].
Modell, 1942. Arch. Moll. 74(5/6): 180.
Type genus: Amblema Rafinesque, 1820 = Amblema

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