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freshwater mussels
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Fri 13 February 2026

nominal species Unio pulcher Lea, 1838

Unio pulcher Lea, 1838 = Cambarunio taeniatus

Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 25. [nomen nudum]
specimen image from publication Lea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 6, pl. 3, fig. 6.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Cambarunio taeniatus pictus (Lea, 1834) — Watters, 2018: 31.

+ Villosa taeniata (Conrad, 1834) — Williams et al., 2008: 781.

+ Villosa taeniata (Conrad, 1834) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998: 251.

+ Ligumia menkiana (Lea, 1838) — Haas, 1969: 449.

+ Lampsilis (Ligumia) menkiana (Lea, 1838) — Frierson, 1927: 79.

+ Lampsilis (Eurynia) taeniata (Conrad, 1834) — Simpson, 1914: 84.

= Unio pulcher Lea — de Gregorio, 1914: 44.

+ Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) tæniatus Conrad — Simpson, 1900: 541.

= Unio pulcher Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888: [4].

= Margaron (Unio) pulcher (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 44.

= Unio pulcher Lea — Küster, 1861: 193, pl. 61, fig. 3.

= Unio (Hyridella) pulcher Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857: 494.

+ Unio tæniatus Con. — Conrad, 1853: 258.

= Margaron (Unio) pulcher (Lea) — Lea, 1852: 28.

= Unio pulcher Lea — Hanley, 1843: 193, pl. 23, fig. 7.

= Margarita (Unio) pulcher Lea — Lea, 1838: 19.