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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Mesonaias explicata

nominal species Unio (Lampsilis) rovirosai Pilsbry, 1900

Pilsbry, 1900. Nautilus 13: 140.
Pilsbry, 1904. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 55: 788, pl. 54, figs. 1-1a.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) ANSP_58916, Laguna de Atasta, nr. S.J. Bautista, Tabasco, Mex.

= Mesonaias explicata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Mesonaias explicata (Morelet, 1849) — Cummings et al., 2025

= Potamilus rovirosai (Pilsbry, 1900) — Czaja et al., 2023

+ Cyrtonaias umbrosa (Lea, 1856) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

= Potamilus rovirosai Pilsbry, 1900 — Bogan, 2010

= Potamilus rovirosai (Pilsbry, 1900) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

= Lampsilis revirosai [sic]Contreras-Arquieta, 2000

= Lampsilis rousrosai [sic] Pilsbry, 1908 — Contreras-Arquieta, 2000

= Proptera rovirosai (Pilsbry, 1900) — Haas, 1969

= Proptera rovirosai (Pilsbry, 1900) — Frierson, 1927

= Lampsilis (Proptera) rovirosai (Pilsbry, 1900) — Simpson, 1914

= Lampsilis rovirosai (Pilsbry, 1900) — Pilsbry, 1904

= Lampsilis (Proptera) rovirosai (Pilsbry, 1900) — Simpson, 1900

= Unio (Lampsilis) rovirosai Pilsbry, 1900 — Martens, 1900

 
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