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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Ihering (1901): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Ihering, H.v. 1901. The Unionidae of North America [continued]. Nautilus 15(5): 50-53. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Taxonomic Opinions

Lampsilis occidens (Lea, 1829) = Lampsilis cardium

Lampsilis pictus (Lea, 1834) = Cambarunio taeniatus
+ Unio perdix Lea, 1834

Lampsilis pictus (Lea, 1834) = Ortmanniana pectorosa

Lampsilis sapperi (von Ihering, 1901) = Cyrtonaias sapperi
+ Lampsilis (Proptera) explicatus Simpson, 1900

Nephronaias averyi (Lea, 1859) = Barynaias caldwellii

Nephronaias calamitarum (Morelet, 1849) = Nephronaias goascoranensis
+ Unio goascoranensis Lea, 1858

Nephronaias calamitarum (Morelet, 1849)

Nephronaias medellinus (Lea, 1838) = Actinonaias medellina
+ Unio aztecorum Philippi, 1847

Nephronaias medellinus (Lea, 1838) = Nephronaias aztecorum

Nephronaias scamnatus (Morelet, 1849) = Nephronaias scamnata

Nephronaias spheniopsis (Morelet, 1849) = Pachynaias spheniopsis

Nephronaias tabascoensis (Küster, 1856) = Nephronaias plicatula
+ Unio persulcatus Lea, 1859
+ Unio rugulosus Küster, 1856
+ Unio plicatulus Küster, 1856
+ Unio calamitarum var. B prolongata Fischer & Crosse, 1894

Nephronaias tabascoensis (Küster, 1856) = Nephronaias rugulosa

Nephronaias tabascoensis (Küster, 1856)

Nephronaias tabascoensis (Küster, 1856) = Nephronaias calamitarum

Quadrula pernodosa (Lea, 1845) = Pustulosa pustulosa