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Micronaias arata  (Lea, 1845)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 983660

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Unio aratus Lea, 1845
  
    Unio nuculinus Philippi, 1849
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria   
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumLophozoa   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassBivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 – bivalves, clams, bivalves, palourdes, bivalve, mexilhão, ostra  
                   SubclassPalaeoheterodonta Newell, 1965  
                      OrderUnionoida Stoliczka, 1871  
                         SuperfamilyUnionoidea Rafinesque, 1820  
                            FamilyUnionidae Rafinesque, 1820  
                               SubfamilyAmbleminae Rafinesque, 1820  
                                  TribePleurobemini Hannibal, 1912  
                                     GenusMicronaias Simpson, 1900  
                                        SpeciesMicronaias arata (Lea, 1845)  
       

 References
       
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  Source: MUSSEL Project Web Site, website (version 08Aug2013)  
  Acquired: 2013   
  Notes: Graf, D.L. & K.S. Cummings. 2013. The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves), updated 8 August 2013. MUSSEL Project Web Site, http://www.mussel-project.net   
  Reference for: Micronaias arata   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Graf, Daniel L., and Kevin S. Cummings   
  Publication Date: 2007   
  Article/Chapter Title: Review of the systematics and global diversity of freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionoida)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of Molluscan Studies, vol. 73, part 4   
  Page(s): 291-314   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0260-1230   
  Notes: doi: 10.1093/mollus/eym029   
  Reference for: Micronaias arata   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Haas, Fritz   
  Publication Date: 1969   
  Article/Chapter Title: Superfamilia Unionacea   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Das Tierreich, vol. 88   
  Page(s): x + 663   
  Publisher: Walter de Gruyter   
  Publication Place: Berlin, Germany   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0040-7305   
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  Reference for: Micronaias arata   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Middle America  
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: Nicaragua  
 

 

    


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