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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Quadrulini | Megalonaias nervosa

nominal species Unio boykinianus Lea, 1840

Unio boykinianus Lea, 1840 = Megalonaias nervosa

Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 288.
Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 208 [46], pl. 13, fig. 22.
Type(s): TOPOTYPE USNM_83903, Columbus, Georgia.

= Megalonaias nervosa

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

+ Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Pfeiffer et al., 2018

+ Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Williams et al., 2014

= Megalonaias boykiniana (Lea, 1840) — ITIS, 2012

+ Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — IUCN, 2011

+ Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Williams et al., 2011

= Megalonaias boykiniana — Cummings & Graf, 2010

+ Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Williams et al., 2008

= Megalonaias boykiniana (Lea, 1840) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

+ Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Brim Box & Williams, 2000

= Megalonaias boykiniana — Rosenberg et al., 1997

+ Megalonaias nervosa — Mulvey et al., 1997

= Megalonaias boykiniana — Rosenberg et al., 1994

= Megalonaias boykiniana (I. Lea) — Williams et al., 1993

+ Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) — Vidrine, 1993

= Megalonaias boykiniana (Lea, 1840) — Turgeon et al., 1988

= Megalonaias boykiniana (Lea) — Davis, 1984

+ Megalonaias gigantea (Barnes, 1823) — Burch, 1975

= Megalonaias gigantea boykiniana (Lea, 1840) — Haas, 1969

= Crenodonta boykiniana (Lea, 1840) — Clench & Turner, 1956

= Amblema (Megalonaias) gigantea-boykiniana (Lea, 1840) — Frierson, 1927

= Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta) boykiniana (Lea, 1840) — Simpson, 1914

= Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta) boykiniana (Lea, 1840) — Simpson, 1900

+ Unio multiplicatus Lea, 1830-31 — Call, 1895

= Unio baykinianus [sic] Lea, 1840 — Paetel, 1890

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

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

= Unio boykinianus Lea, 1840 — Sowerby, 1868

= Unio baykinianus [sic] Lea — Küster, 1861

= Unio (Metaptera) boykinianus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857

= Plectomerus boykianus [sic] (Lea) — Conrad, 1853

= Complanaria boykinianus — Agassiz, 1852

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