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

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Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina | Pseudodontoideus subvexus

nominal species Margaritana gesnerii Lea, 1858

Lea, 1858, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 138.
Lea, 1862, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 211 [33], pl. 32, fig. 280.

= Pseudodontoideus subvexus

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Strophitus connasaugaensis (Lea, 1858) — Williams et al., 2008
+ Strophitus subvexus (Conrad, 1834) — Brim Box & Williams, 2000
+ Strophitus subvexa (Conrad, 1834) — Burch, 1975
= Strophitus (s.s.) gesnerii (Lea, 1858) — Haas, 1969
+ Strophitus subvexus (Conrad) — R.I. Johnson, 1967
= Strophitus (Pseudodontoideus) gesneri (Lea, 1858) — Frierson, 1927
+ Strophitus conasaugaensis (Lea, 1857) — Ortmann, 1923
= Strophitus (s.s.) gesnerii (Lea, 1858) — Simpson, 1914
= Strophitus gesnerii (Lea, 1858) — Simpson, 1900
= Margaritana gesnerii Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Margaritana) gesnerii (Lea) — Lea, 1870
= Unio gesnerii Lea, 1874 — Sowerby, 1868

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