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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Arotonaias

species Arotonaias gabbiana (Lea, 1868): synonymy
     36 specimens

Unio gabbianus Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 95.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 295 [55], pl. 43, fig. 106.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84387, L. Nicaragua.

Plagiola (Ptychoderma) nicaraguensisSimpson (1900)
Unio (Arotonaias) gabbianusMartens (1900)
Plagiola (Arotonaias) nicaraguensisSimpson (1914)
Arotonaias gabbianaFrierson (1927)
Haas (1969)
Arotonaias gabbianusBogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Unio nicaraguensis Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 95.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 296 [56], pl. 43, fig. 107.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84390, Lake Nicaragua.

Plagiola (Ptychoderma) nicaraguensisSimpson (1900)
Unio (Arotonaias) gabbianusMartens (1900)
Plagiola (Arotonaias) nicaraguensisSimpson (1914)
Arotonaias gabbianaFrierson (1927)
Plagiola nicaraguensisGoodrich & van der Schalie (1937)
Haas (1969)
Arotonaias nicaraguensisGraf & Cummings (2007)
Arotonaias gabbianusBogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Plagiola (Ptychoderma) nicaraguensisSimpson (1900)
Unio (Arotonaias) gabbianusMartens (1900)
Plagiola (Arotonaias) nicaraguensisSimpson (1914)
Arotonaias gabbianaFrierson (1927)
Plagiola nicaraguensisGoodrich & van der Schalie (1937)
Haas (1969)
Arotonaias nicaraguensisGraf & Cummings (2007)
Arotonaias gabbianusBogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021)

 
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