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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Plesielliptio whitfieldi

nominal species Unio vetusta Whitfield, 1903

‘Meek’ of Authors.
Whitfield, 1903, Bull. AMNH 19: 487.
Stanton, 1909, Proc. Washington Acad. Sci. 11(3): 248.
(misidentified reference to Unio vetusta Meek, 1860)

= Plesielliptio whitfieldi

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Plesielliptio whitfieldi Russell, 1976 — Hartmann, 1998
+ Plesielliptio whitfieldi n. sp. — Russell, 1976

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