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

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Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina | Pyganodon cataracta

nominal species Anodonta dariensis Lea, 1858

Lea, 1858, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 139.
Lea, 1859, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 230 [48], pl. 28, fig. 99.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86600, Macon (Swift Creek), Georgia.

= Pyganodon cataracta

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Pyganodon cataracta (Say, 1817) — IUCN, 2012
+ Pyganodon cataracta (Say, 1817) — Williams et al., 2008
+ Anodonta cataracta Say, 1817 — Burch, 1975
+ Anodonta (Pyganodon) cataracta cataracta Say, 1817 — R.I. Johnson, 1970
+ Anodonta (Pyganodon) cataracta gibbosa Say, 1825 — Haas, 1969
+ Anodonta gibbosa Say, 1824 — Clench & Turner, 1956
+ Anodonta (Pyganodon) cataracta-gibbosa Say, 1825 — Frierson, 1927
= Anodonta dariensis Lea, 1858 — Simpson, 1914
= Anodonta dariensis Lea, 1858 — Simpson, 1900
= Anodonta dariensis Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Anodonta) dariensis (Lea) — Lea, 1870
= Anodon dariensis (Lea, 1858) — Sowerby, 1867

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