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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

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

nominal species Quadrula (Lamprotula) similaris Simpson, 1900

= Scriptolamprotula polysticta

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Gibbosula polysticta (Heude, 1877) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

= Lamprotula similaris (Simpson, 1900) — Zieritz et al., 2018

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

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

= Lamprotula similaris Simpson, 1900 — Bogan, 2010

= Lamprotula similaris (Simpson, 1900) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

= Lamprotula similaris (Simpson, 1914) — Prozorova et al., 2005

= Lamprotula similaris — Hu, 2005

+ — 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