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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Arotonaias encarpa

nominal species Unio encarpus Lea, 1868

Lea, 1868, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 95.
Lea, 1868, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 294 [54], pl. 42, fig. 105.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84386, L. Nicaragua.

= Arotonaias encarpa

Taxonomic Opinions

- OMITTED — Haas, 1969
+ Arotonaias imbricata (Mörch, 1861) — Frierson, 1927
+ Plagiola (Arotonaias) imbricata (Mörch, 1861) — Simpson, 1914
= Plagiola (Ptychoderma) encarpus (Lea, 1868) — Simpson, 1900
+ Unio (Arotonaias) imbricatus Mörch, 1861 — Martens, 1900
= Unio encarpus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) encarpus (Lea) — Lea, 1870

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