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Publication Gangloff et al. (2013): summary
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Complete Citation

Gangloff, M.M., B.A. Hamstead, E.F. Abernethy & P.D. Hartfield. 2013. Genetic distinctiveness of Ligumia recta, the black sandshell, in the Mobile River Basin and implications for conservation. Conservation Genetics 14: 913-916. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Venustaconcha pleasii Campbell et al., 2005
‘Marsh’ of Authors.
Campbell et al., 2005. Invert. Biol. 124(2): 155.
Zanatta & Murphy, 2006. MPE 41(1): 198.
Gangloff et al., 2013. Conserv. Genet. 14: 915. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Unio pleasii Marsh, 1891)

Taxonomic Opinions

Ligumia nasuta = Sagittunio nasutus

Ligumia recta

Venustaconcha ellipsiformis

Venustaconcha pleasii

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