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

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Trigonioidoidea | Nakamuranaiadidae

genus Nippononaia Suzuki, 1941: synonymy
     0 Recent valid species (2 total species)

Nippononaia Suzuki, 1941
Suzuki, 1941. Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan 48(575): 411.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio (Nippononaia) ryosekiana Suzuki, 1941 (orig. desig.) = Nippononaia ryosekiana

Subnippononaia Barker et al., 1997
Barker et al., 1997. Palaeontology 40(4): 957.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Nippononaia Suzuki, 1941)
Type species: Nippononaia (Subnippononaia) fordi Barker et al., 1997 (orig. desig.) = Nippononaia fordi

Nipponaia [author ?], 1957
[author ?], 1957. Zentrabl. Geol. Paläont. (1957) 2: 137.
(error for Nippononaia Suzuki, 1941)

Nippnonaia Maeda, 1962
Maeda, 1962. Trans. Proc. Palaenot. Soc. Japan 46: 248.
(error for Nippononaia Suzuki, 1941)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Unio (Nippononaia)Suzuki (1941)
NippononaiaHaas (1969)
Nippononaia (Subnippononaia)Barker et al. (1997)

 
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