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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Quadrulini | Quadrulina | Theliderma metanevra

nominal species Unio tuberosus Lea, 1840

image of type lot

Unio tuberosus Lea, 1840 = Theliderma metanevra

Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 286.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 210 [48], pl. 14, fig. 25.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84219, Cumberland R., Middle Tenn.

= Theliderma metanevra

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Theliderma metanevra (Rafinesque, 1820) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

+ Theliderma metanevra (Rafinesque, 1820) — Lopes-Lima et al., 2019

+ Theliderma metanevra (Rafinesque, 1820) — Williams et al., 2017

= Quadrula tuberosa (I. Lea, 1840) — ITIS, 2012

= Theliderma tuberosaCummings & Graf, 2010

+ Quadrula metanevra (Rafinesque, 1820) — Williams et al., 2008

= Theliderma tuberosa (Lea, 1840) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

= Quadrula tuberosa (Lea, 1840) — Cicerello & Schuster, 2003

+ Quadrula metanevra (Rafinesque, 1820) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

= Quadrula tuberosa (Lea, 1840) — Turgeon et al., 1998

= Theliderma tuberosa (Lea, 1840) — IUCN, 1996

= Quadrula tuberosa (I. Lea) — Williams et al., 1993

= Quadrula tuberosa (Lea, 1840) — Turgeon et al., 1988

= Quadrula tuberosa (Lea, 1840) — R.I. Johnson, 1980

+ Quadrula intermedia (Conrad, 1836) — Burch, 1975

= Orthonymus metanevrus tuberosus (Lea, 1840) — Haas, 1969

= Quadrula (Orthonymus) metanevra-tuberosa (Lea, 1840) — Frierson, 1927

+ Quadrula intermedia (Conrad) — Ortmann, 1925

+ Quadrula intermedia (Conrad) — Ortmann, 1924

+ Quadrula intermedia (Conrad, 1836) — Ortmann, 1918

= Quadrula (s.s.) tuberosa (Lea, 1840) — Simpson, 1914

= Unio tuberosus Lea — de Gregorio, 1914

= Quadrula (s.s.) tuberosa (Lea, 1840) — Simpson, 1900

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

= Unio tuberosus Lea — Lewis, 1871

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

= Unio (Quadrula) tuberosus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857

= Unio tuberosus Lea, 1842 — Conrad, 1853

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

 
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