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Unio meeki C. A. White, 1877 †
1503044 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1503044)
unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Species
fossil only
White, C.A. (1877). Paleontological Papers No. 2. - Descriptions of new species of Uniones, and a new genus of fresh-water Gasteropoda from the Tertiary strata of Wyoming and Utah <em>Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories</em>. 3: 603-606, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31646309
page(s): 605 [details]
page(s): 605 [details]
Note "Church Buttes, Wyoming Territory" (Meek...
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Type locality "Church Buttes, Wyoming Territory" (Meek 1871), USA; Bridgerian, early Eocene [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Unio meeki White, 1877 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1503044 on 2024-11-22
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White, C.A. (1877). Paleontological Papers No. 2. - Descriptions of new species of Uniones, and a new genus of fresh-water Gasteropoda from the Tertiary strata of Wyoming and Utah <em>Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories</em>. 3: 603-606, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31646309
page(s): 605 [details]
page(s): 605 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Synonymy White (1877) incorrectly deemed Unio leanus Meek, 1871 a homonym of U. leaii Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833, for both were named in honor of Lea, and introduced U. meeki as replacement name. Since no homonymy exists, U. meeki is a junior objective synonym of U. leanus. [details]Type locality "Church Buttes, Wyoming Territory" (Meek 1871), USA; Bridgerian, early Eocene [details]
