MolluscaBase - Amblema (Megalonaias) gigantea (Barnes, 1823)

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Amblema (Megalonaias) gigantea (Barnes, 1823)

AphiaID

857850 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:857850)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820)

Rank

Species

Parent

Amblema (Megalonaias) Utterback, 1915 accepted as Megalonaias Utterback, 1915

Original name

Unio giganteus Barnes, 1823

Direct children (2)

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Subspecies Amblema (Megalonaias) gigantea boykiniana (I. Lea, 1840) accepted as Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820)
Subspecies Amblema (Megalonaias) gigantea gigantea (Barnes, 1823) accepted as Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Amblema (Megalonaias) gigantea (Barnes, 1823). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=857850 on 2025-05-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2015-10-16 12:17:34Z

created

Bieler, Rüdiger

Licensing

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Sources (2)

basis of record Williams, J. D., Bogan, A. E. & Garner, J. T. (2008). Freshwater mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. <em>University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.</em> 908 pp. [details]

additional source InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]