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

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Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Quadrulini | Quadrulina | Quadrula quadrula

nominal species Unio blandianus Lea, 1856

Lea, 1856, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8: 263.
Lea, 1857, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 31.
Lea, 1858, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 6]: 65, pl. 11, fig. 47.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84190, Othcaloosa Cr., Ga.

= Quadrula quadrula

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820) — Lopes-Lima et al., 2019
+ Quadrula rumphiana (Lea, 1852) — Williams et al., 2008
+ Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820) — Burch, 1975
+ Quadrula (s.s.) quadrula rumphiana (Lea, 1852) — Haas, 1969
+ Quadrula (s.s.) quadrula-rumphiana (Lea, 1852) — Frierson, 1927
+ Quadrula (sec. Theliderma) rumphiana (Lea, 1852) — Simpson, 1914
+ Quadrula (sec. Theliderma) rumphiana (Lea, 1852) — Simpson, 1900
= Unio (sec. Rotundaria) blandianus Lea, 1856 — Paetel, 1890
= Unio blandianus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) blandianus (Lea) — Lea, 1870
= Unio blandianus Lea, 1856 — Sowerby, 1868

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