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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Quadrulini | Uniomerus carolinianus

nominal species Unio obesus Lea, 1831

image of type lot

Unio obesus Lea, 1831 = Uniomerus carolinianus

specimen image from publicationLea, 1831. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 4 [O. 1]: 96, pl. 13, fig. 26.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85366, Little Ogeechee, Georgia.

= Uniomerus carolinianus

Taxonomic Opinions

= Uniomerus obesus (Lea, 1831) — ITIS, 2012

+ Uniomerus caroliniana (Bosc, 1801) — IUCN, 2012

= Uniomerus obesusKrebs et al., 2003

= Uniomerus obesus (Lea, 1831) — Huang et al., 2002

+ Uniomerus carolinianus (Bosc, 1801) — Turgeon et al., 1998

= Uniomerus obesusLydeard et al., 1996

= Uniomerus obesus (I. Lea) — Williams et al., 1993

= Uniomerus obesus (Lea, 1831) — Turgeon et al., 1988

+ Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say, 1830) — Burch, 1975

+ Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say, 1831) — R.I. Johnson, 1972

+ Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say, 1831) — R.I. Johnson, 1970

= Uniomerus obesus (Lea, 1831) — Haas, 1969

= Uniomerus obesus (Lea, 1831) — Clench & Turner, 1956

= Elliptio (Uniomerus) obesus (Lea, 1831) — Frierson, 1927

= Unio (sec. Uniomerus) obesus Lea, 1831 — Simpson, 1914

= Unio obesus, var. Lea — de Gregorio, 1914

= Unio (sec. Uniomerus) obesus Lea, 1831 — Simpson, 1900

= Unio obesus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888

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

= Unio obesus Lea, 1831 — Sowerby, 1866

= Unio obesus Lea, 1831 — Reeve, 1864

= Unio obesus Lea — Küster, 1861

= Unio (Niäa) obesus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857

+ Unio carolinanus [sic] Bosc — Conrad, 1853

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

= Unio obesus Lea — Hanley, 1843

= Margarita (Unio) obesus Lea — Lea, 1838

= Margarita (Unio) obesus (Lea, 1831) — Lea, 1836

+ Unio carolinianus Bosc — Ferussac, 1835

= Unio obesusJay, 1835

 
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