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nominal species Unio discus Lea, 1838

image of type lot

Unio discus Lea, 1838 = Disconaias disca

Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: addenda. [nomen nudum]
specimen image from publicationLea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 74, pl. 18, fig. 57.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_85341, Found in sand ballast, Phila, Pa [Mexico].

Taxonomic Opinions

= Disconaias disca (Lea, 1838) — Cummings et al., 2025: 174, pls. 23-26, Tables 3, 8.

= Disconaias discus (I. Lea, 1838) — Czaja et al., 2023: 87.

= Disconaias disca (Lea, 1838) — Graf & Cummings, 2021: 17.

= Disconaias disca Lea, 1838 — Bogan, 2010: [11].

= Disconaias disca (Lea, 1838) — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 306.

= Disconaias disca Lea, 1838 — Contreras-Arquieta, 2000: 44.

= Disconaias disca (Lea, 1838) — R.I. Johnson, 1998: 434, pl. 25, figs. 1-2; pl. 26, figs. 1-2.

= Lampsilis (Disconaias) discus (Lea, 1838) — Haas, 1969: 466.

= Lampsilis (Disconaias) discus (Lea, 1838) — Haas, 1969: N450, fig. D44:4.

= Lampsilis (Disconaias) discus (Lea, 1838) — Haas, 1940: 141.

= Lampsilis (sec. Disconaias) discus (Lea) — Thiele, 1934: 836, [1273].

= Lampsilis (Disconaias) discus (Lea) — Haas, 1929: 314.

= Lampsilis (Disconaias) discus (Lea, 1838) — Frierson, 1927: 82, sp. 361.

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) discus Lea, 1838 — Simpson, 1914: 602.

= Lampsilis discus (Lea) — Pilsbry, 1910: 533.

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) discus Lea, 1838 — Simpson, 1900: 705.

= Unio (Lampsilis) discus Lea, 1838 — Martens, 1900: 509.

= Unio (Disconaias) discus I. Lea, 1838 — Fischer & Crosse, 1894: 567.

= Unio discus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888: [2].

= Margaron (Unio) discus (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 50.

= Unio discus Lea, 1838 — Sowerby, 1868: pl. 62, sp. 310; errata.

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

= Unio discus Lea, 1838 — Conrad, 1853: 248.

= Margaron (Unio) discus (Lea) — Lea, 1852: 31.

= Unio discus Lea — Hanley, 1843: 197, pl. 22, fig. 12.

= Margarita (Unio) discus Lea — Lea, 1838: 21.

= Margarita (Unio) discusLea, 1836: addenda.