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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Quadrulini | Quadrulina | Pustulosa pustulosa

nominal species Unio turgidus Lea, 1838

Unio turgidus Lea, 1838 = Pustulosa pustulosa

Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 16. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 11, pl. 5, fig. 11.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84277, near New Orleans, La.

= Pustulosa pustulosa

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Cyclonaias pustulosa (Lea, 1831) — Lopes-Lima et al., 2019

+ Cyclonaias pustulosa (Lea, 1831) — Johnson et al., 2018

+ Quadrula pustulosa (Lea, 1831) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Quadrula pustulosa (Lea, 1831) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Quadrula mortoni (Conrad, 1836) — Howells et al., 1996

+ Quadrula mortoni (Conrad, 1835) — Vidrine, 1993

+ Quadrula (Pustulosa) pustulosa mortoni (Conrad, 1836) — Haas, 1969

+ Quadrula (Bullata) pustulosa-mortoni (Conrad, 1836) — Frierson, 1927

+ Quadrula (sec. Theliderma) mortoni (Conrad, 1836) — Simpson, 1914

+ Quadrula (sec. Theliderma) mortoni (Conrad, 1836) — Simpson, 1900

= Unio turgidus Lea — Pilsbry & Rhoads, 1896

+ Unio pustulosus Lea, 1830 — Call, 1895

= Unio turgidis [sic] Lea — Singley, 1893

= Unio turgidus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888

= Margaron (Unio) turgidus (Lea) — Lea, 1870

= Unio turgidus Lea, 1838 — Reeve, 1864

= Unio (Rotundaria) turgidus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857

+ Unio mortoni Con., 1835 — Conrad, 1853

= Unio (Quadrula) turgidus Lea — Mörch, 1853

= Margaron (Unio) turgidus (Lea) — Lea, 1852

= Unio turgidus Lea — Hanley, 1843

= Margarita (Unio) turgidus Lea — Lea, 1838

= Margarita (Unio) turgidus — Lea, 1836