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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Unioninae | Unionini | Aculamprotulina | Scriptolamprotula polysticta

nominal species Unio affinis Heude, 1875

Heude, 1875. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (1): pl. 3, figs. 7-7a.
(renamed Quadrula (Lamprotula) similaris Simpson, 1900; homonym of Unio affinis Lea, 1852; renamed Unio polystictus Heude, 1877)
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_3369, Chine.

= Scriptolamprotula polysticta

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Gibbosula polysticta (Heude, 1877) — Lopes-Lima et al., 2018

+ Lamprotula similaris (Simpson, 1900) — He & Zhuang, 2013

+ Liu et al., 1979

+ Lamprotula similaris (Simpson, 1900) — Haas, 1969

+ Quadrula (Lamprotula) similaris Simpson, 1900 — Simpson, 1914

+ Unio (Quadrula) nodulosus Wood — Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1905

+ Quadrula (Lamprotula) similaris Simpson, 1900 — Simpson, 1900

= Unio affinis Heude — Neumayr, 1899

= Unio affinis Heude, 1875 — Paetel, 1890

= Unio affinis Heude — Heude, 1875

 
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