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Publication Ortmann (1923): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Ortmann, A.E. 1923. The anatomy and taxonomy of certain Unioninae and Anodontinae from the Gulf Drainage. Nautilus 36(4): 129-132. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Strophitus conasaugaensis Ortmann, 1923
Ortmann, 1923. Nautilus 36(4): 130, footnote.
(new name for Margaritana connasaugaensis Lea, 1858)

Taxonomic Opinions

Strophitus conasaugaensis (Lea, 1857) = Pseudodontoideus subvexus
+ Margaritana alabamensis Lea, 1861
+ Margaritana gesnerii Lea, 1858
+ Margaritana connasaugaensis Lea, 1858

Strophitus conasaugaensis (Lea, 1857) = Pseudodontoideus connasaugaensis

Strophitus spillmani (Lea, 1858) = Pseudodontoideus subvexus

Strophitus tombigbeensis (Lea, 1858) = Pseudodontoideus subvexus

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