MUSSELpdb | nominal sp. Unio melaplata Lea, 1836

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nominal species Unio melaplata Lea, 1836

‘Rafinesque’ Lea, 1836, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 59.
‘Rafinesque’ Lea, 1852, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 58.
‘Rafinesque’ Lea, 1870, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 92.
(error for Truncilla metaplata Rafinesque, 1831)

= Truncilla truncata

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