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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Epioblasma metastriata

nominal species Unio compactus Lea, 1859

Lea, 1859, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 154.
Lea, 1859, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 218, pl. 28, fig. 98.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84447, Etowah R., Ga.

= Epioblasma metastriata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Epioblasma metastriata (Conrad, 1838) — Williams et al., 2008
+ Epioblasma metastriatus (Conrad, 1840) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998
+ Plagiola (s.s.) penita (Conrad, 1834) — R.I. Johnson, 1978
+ Dysnomia metastriata (Conrad, 1840) — Burch, 1975
+ Dysnomia (Penita) metastriata (Conrad, 1840) — Haas, 1969
+ Dysnomia (Penita) metastriatus (Conrad, 1838) — Frierson, 1927
= Truncilla (s.s.) compacta (Lea, 1859) — Simpson, 1914
+ Truncilla (s.s.) penita Conrad — Simpson, 1900
= Unio compactus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) compactus (Lea) — Lea, 1870

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