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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Epioblasma brevidens

nominal species Unio interruptus Conrad, 1834

‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Conrad, 1834, New Fresh-Water Shells: 69.
Say, 1834, Amer. Conch. 6: ??.
Ferussac, 1835, Mag. Zool. 5: 28.
Conrad, 1838, Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(10): 88, pl. 48.
Reeve, 1864, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 14, sp. 56.
(misidentified reference to Obliquaria (Plagiola) interrupta Rafinesque, 1820)

= Epioblasma brevidens

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Epioblasma brevidens (Lea, 1831) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998
+ Dysnomia brevidens (Lea, 1831) — Burch, 1975
+ Dysnomia (Penita) brevidens (Lea, 1831) — Haas, 1969
+ Dysnomia (Penita) brevidens (Lea, 1831) — Frierson, 1927
+ Truncilla (s.s.) brevidens (Lea, 1831) — Simpson, 1914
+ Truncilla (s.s.) brevidens Lea — Simpson, 1900
= Unio interruptus Rafinesque — Küster, 1861
+ Unio interruptus Raf. — Conrad, 1853
+ Margaron (Unio) brevidens (Lea) — Lea, 1852

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