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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Disconaias disca

nominal species Unio panacoensis Philippi, 1843

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Unio panacoensis Philippi, 1843 = Disconaias disca

von dem Busch in Philippi, 1843. Abbild. Beschr. Conch. 1: 75, pl. 2.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE MCZ_178882 (by R.I. Johnson, 1998: 434), Panaco [Panuco River, near] Tampico, [Tamulipas State], Mexico.

= Disconaias disca

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Disconaias disca (Lea, 1838) — Cummings et al., 2025

= Disconaias panacoensis (Philippi, 1843) — Czaja et al., 2023

+ Disconaias disca (Lea, 1838) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

= Disconaias panacoensis von dem Busch in Philippi, 1843 — Bogan, 2010

= Disconaias panacoensis (von dem Busch in Philippi, 1843) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

+ Disconaias disca (Lea, 1838) — R.I. Johnson, 1998

= Lampsilis (Disconaias) panacoensis (von dem Busch in Philippi, 1843) — Haas, 1969

= Lampsilis (Disconaias) panucoensis [sic] (von dem Busch in Philippi, 1843) — Frierson, 1927

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) discus Lea, 1838 — Simpson, 1914

+ Lampsilis discus (Lea) — Pilsbry, 1910

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) discus Lea, 1838 — Simpson, 1900

= Unio (Lampsilis) discus var. panucoensis [sic] von dem Busch in Philippi, 1843 — Martens, 1900

+ Unio (Disconaias) discus I. Lea, 1838 — Fischer & Crosse, 1894

+ Margaron (Unio) discus (Lea) — Lea, 1870

= Unio panacoensis von dem Busch — Küster, 1861

+ Margaron (Unio) discus (Lea) — Lea, 1852

= Unio panacoensis von dem Busch — Philippi, 1843

 
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