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nominal species Unio pliciferus Lea, 1838

Unio pliciferus Lea, 1838 = Sphenonaias plexus

Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 13. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 61, pl. 17, fig. 53.
Type(s): SYNTYPE USNM_84080, Mexico.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Sphenonaias plexus (Conrad, 1838) — Cummings et al., 2025: 342, pl. 71 middle left.

+ Barynaias plexus (Conrad, 1838) — Haas, 1969: 247.

+ Psoronaias plexus (Conrad, 1838) — Frierson, 1927: 63.

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) plexus Conrad, 1838 — Simpson, 1914: 590.

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) plexus Conrad, 1838 — Simpson, 1900: 701.

= Unio (Elliptio) pliciferus Lea, 1838 — Martens, 1900: 514, 651.

= Unio (Psoronaias) pliciferus Lea, 1836 — Fischer & Crosse, 1894: 580, pl. 65, fig. 2; pl. 70, figs. 2-2a.

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

= Margaron (Unio) pliciferus (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 31.

= Unio pliciferus Lea, 1838 — Sowerby, 1868: pl. 75, sp. 387.

= Unio (Diplodon) pliciferus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857: 497.

= Unio pliciferus Lea — Küster, 1856: 142, pl. 42, fig. 1.

+ Unio plexus Con., 1836 — Conrad, 1853: 255.

= Margaron (Unio) pliciferus (Lea) — Lea, 1852: 20.

= Unio pliciferus Lea — Hanley, 1843: 176, pl. 20, fig. 32.

= Margarita (Unio) pliciferus Lea — Lea, 1838: 14.

= Margarita (Unio) pliciferus — Lea, 1836: 13.