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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Truncilla truncata

nominal species Truncilla metaplata Rafinesque, 1831

Rafinesque, 1831, Continuation: 4.
Rafinesque, 1864, [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 77.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_20258, Cumberland River.

= Truncilla truncata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Dysnomia (Penita) arcaeformis (Lea, 1831) — Haas, 1969
+ Dysnomia (Penita) arcaeformis (Lea, 1831) — Frierson, 1927
+ Plagiola elegans Lea — Vanatta, 1915
= Truncilla metaplata Rafinesque, 1831 — Simpson, 1914
= Truncilla metaplata Rafinesque — Simpson, 1900
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1870
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1852
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1836
= Unio metaplata Raf. — Ferussac, 1835
= Truncilla metaplata Rafinesque, 1831 — Rafinesque, 1831

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