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Publication Ihering (1901): summary

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Full Citation

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

Attributed Nominal Species

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

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) = Mesonaias explicata
+ Lampsilis (Proptera) explicatus Simpson, 1900

Nephronaias averyi (Lea, 1859) = Nephronaias 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)
+ 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 aztecorum

Nephronaias tabascoensis (Küster, 1856) = Nephronaias calamitarum

Quadrula pernodosa (Lea, 1845) = Pustulosa pustulosa