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

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Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina | Anodontoides ferussacianus

nominal species Anodonta modesta Lea, 1857

Lea, 1857, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 84.
Lea, 1860, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 364 [46], pl. 63, fig. 189.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86534, pond near Kalamazoo, Mich.

= Anodontoides ferussacianus

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Anodontoides ferussacianus (Lea, 1834) — Watters et al., 2009
+ Anodontoides ferussacianus (Lea, 1834) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998
+ Anodontoides ferussacianus (Lea) — Strayer & Jirka, 1997
+ Anodontoides ferussacianus (Lea, 1834) — R.I. Johnson, 1980
= Anodontoides ferussacianus modestus (Lea, 1857) — Haas, 1969
= Anodonta (Anodontoides) modesta Lea, 1857 — Frierson, 1927
= Anodontoides modestus (Lea, 1857) — Simpson, 1914
= Anodontoides ferussacianus var. modestus (Lea, 1857) — Simpson, 1900
= Anodonta modesta Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Anodonta) modesta (Lea) — Lea, 1870
= Anodon modestus (Lea, 1857) — Sowerby, 1867

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