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

nominal species Unio nicklinianus Lea, 1834

image of type lot

Unio nicklinianus Lea, 1834 = Megalonaias nickliniana

specimen image from publicationLea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 28 [140], pl. 1, fig. 1.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_83898, Canton China? [Central America].

= Megalonaias nickliniana

Taxonomic Opinions

= Megalonaias nickliniana (Lea, 1834) — Cummings et al., 2025

= Megalonaias nickliniana (I. Lea, 1834) — Czaja et al., 2023

= Megalonaias nickliniana (Lea, 1834) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

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

= Megalonaias nicklineana [sic]ITIS, 2012

= Megalonaias nickliniana Lea, 1834 — Bogan, 2010

= Megalonaias nickliniana (Lea, 1834) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

= Megalonaias nickliniana Lea, 1851 — Contreras-Arquieta, 2000

= Megalonaias nickliniana nickliniana (Lea, 1834) — Haas, 1969

= Crenodonta nickliniama [sic] (Lea) — Haas, 1929

= Amblema (Megalonaias) nickliniana (Lea, 1834) — Frierson, 1927

= Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta) nickliniana (Lea, 1834) — Simpson, 1914

= Quadrula nickliniana (Lea) — Pilsbry, 1910

= Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta) nickliniana (Lea, 1834) — Simpson, 1900

= Unio (Crenodonta) nicklinianus Lea, 1834 — Martens, 1900

= Unio (Plectomerus) nicklinianus I. Lea, 1832 — Fischer & Crosse, 1894

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

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

= Unio nicklinianus Lea, 1834 — Sowerby, 1866

= Unio nicklianus [sic] Lea — Küster, 1861

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

= Plectomerus nicklinianus (Lea) — Conrad, 1853

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

= Unio nicklinianus Lea — Hanley, 1843

= Margarita (Unio) nicklinianus Lea — Lea, 1838

= Margarita (Unio) nicklinianus (Lea, 1834) — Lea, 1836

 
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