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nominal species Unio sapperi Ihering, 1901

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Unio sapperi Ihering, 1901 = Mesonaias explicata

Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 571, footnote 4 [as ‘Unio explicatus’].
Ihering, 1901. Nautilus 15(5): 50.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) SMF_3477, Río Chixoy, Nebemfld. Río Usumacinta, Guatemala.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Mesonaias explicata (Morelet, 1849) — Cummings et al., 2025: 197, pl. 34 bottom left.

= Cyrtonaias sapperi (Ihering, 1901) — Graf & Cummings, 2021: 17.

= Cyrtonaias sapperi von Ihering, 1901 — Bogan, 2010: [10].

= Cyrtonaias sapperi (von Ihering, 1901) — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 306.

= Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) sapperi von Ihering, 1901 — Haas, 1969: 463.

+ Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) microdon (Marts.) — Haas, 1929: 313, figs. 2-3.

= Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) sapperi (von Ihering, 1901) — Frierson, 1927: 85, sp. 385.

= Lampsilis (Proptera) sapperi (von Ihering, 1901) — Simpson, 1914: 176.

= Lampsilis sapperi (von Ihering, 1901) — Ihering, 1901: 50.