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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Amblemini | Amblema plicata

nominal species Unio hippopoeus Lea, 1845

Lea, 1845, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 4: 163 [as ‘hippopœus’].
Lea, 1848, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 4]: 67 [41], pl. 1, fig. 1 [as ‘hippopœus’].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84096, L. Erie.

= Amblema plicata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) — He & Zhuang, 2013
+ Amblema plicata plicata (Say, 1817) — Watters et al., 2009
+ Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) — Williams et al., 2008
+ Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998
+ Amblema plicata (Say) — Strayer & Jirka, 1997
+ Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) — Burch, 1975
+ Amblema plicata (Say, 1816) — Clarke, 1973
+ Amblema plicata costata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Haas, 1969
= Amblema (s.s.) plicata-hippopaea [sic] Lea, 1845 — Frierson, 1927
= Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta) plicata var. hippopæa [sic] (Lea) — Simpson, 1914
= Quadrula hippopæa [sic] Lea — Ortmann, 1909
= Quadrula undulata hippopæa [sic] (Lea) — Ortmann, 1909
= Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta) plicata var. hippopæa [sic] Lea — Simpson, 1900
+ Unio plicatus Lesueur — Call, 1895
= Unio hippopæus [sic] Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) hippopæus [sic] (Lea) — Lea, 1870
= Unio hippopæus [sic] Lea, 1845 — Reeve, 1864
= Unio hippopoeus Lea — Küster, 1861
= Unio (Diplodon) hippopæus [sic] Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857
+ Plectomerus plicatus (Say) — Conrad, 1853
= Margaron (Unio) hippopæus [sic] (Lea) — Lea, 1852

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