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

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Plesielliptio

species Plesielliptio stantoni (White, 1905): synonymy
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Unio danae White, 1877
White, 1877. Rept. U.S. Geol. Surv. Terr. (Hayden) 11: 216.
(error for Unio danai Meek & Hayden, 1857; misidentified reference to Unio danai Meek & Hayden, 1857; renamed Unio stantoni White, 1905)

Unio stantoniHenderson (1935)
Plesielliptio stantoniHartmann (1998)

Unio stantoni White, 1905
White, 1905. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 48: pl. 31, fig. 7.
(new name for Unio danae White, 1877)

Unio stantoniHenderson (1935)
Ligumia stantoniModell (1957)
Plesielliptio stantoniHartmann (1998)

Unio gibbosoides Whitfield, 1907
Whitfield, 1907. Bull. AMNH 23: 624, pl. 40, figs. 1-2.

Unio stantoniHenderson (1935)
Ligumia stantoniModell (1957)
Plesielliptio gibbosoidesRussell (1976)
Plesielliptio stantoniHartmann (1998)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Unio stantoniHenderson (1935)
Ligumia stantoniModell (1957)
Plesielliptio gibbosoidesRussell (1976)
Plesielliptio stantoniHartmann (1998)

 
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