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

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species Protamblema belliplicatus (Meek, 1870): synonymy
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Unio belliplicatus Meek, 1870
Meek, 1870. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 11: 430.
Meek, 1870. Rept. U.S. Geol. Surv. Terr. (Hayden) (4): 294 [as ‘Unio (Loxopleurus)’].

Unio belliplicatusHenderson (1935)
Loxopleurus belliplicatusMacNeil (1935), Haas (1969)
Protamblema belliplicataModell (1957)
Millard (2001)

Protamblema belliplicata macneili Modell, 1957
Modell, 1957. Arch. Moll. 86: 189.
(new name for Loxopleurus belliplicatus MacNeil, 1935)

Protamblema belliplicata macneiliModell (1957)

Loxopleurus belliplicatus MacNeil, 1935
MacNeil, 1935. Jour. Paleont. 9: pl. 4, fig. 1.
(reference to Unio belliplicatus Meek, 1870; renamed Protamblema belliplicata macneili Modell, 1957)

Protamblema belliplicata macneiliModell (1957)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Unio belliplicatusHenderson (1935)
Loxopleurus belliplicatusMacNeil (1935), Haas (1969)
Protamblema belliplicataModell (1957)
Protamblema belliplicata macneiliModell (1957)
Millard (2001)

 
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