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

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species Plesielliptio whitfieldi Russell, 1976: synonymy
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Unio vetusta Whitfield, 1903
‘Meek’ of Authors.
Whitfield, 1903. Bull. AMNH 19: 487.
Stanton, 1909. Proc. Washington Acad. Sci. 11(3): 248.
(misidentified reference to Unio vetusta Meek, 1860)

Plesielliptio whitfieldiRussell (1976), Hartmann (1998)

Plesielliptio whitfieldi Russell, 1976
Russell, 1976. Can. J. Earth Sci. 13: 370, pl. 1, figs. 6-9.

Plesielliptio whitfieldiRussell (1976), Hartmann (1998)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Plesielliptio whitfieldiRussell (1976), Hartmann (1998)

 
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