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freshwater mussels
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nominal species Unio subglobosus Lea, 1834

Unio subglobosus Lea, 1834 = Glebula rotundata

specimen image from publication Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 30, pl. 2, fig. 3.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Glebula rotundata (Lamarck, 1819) — Watters et al., 2009: 344.

+ Glebula rotundata (Lamarck, 1819) — Williams et al., 2008: 329.

+ Glebula rotundata (Lamarck, 1819) — Brim Box & Williams, 2000: 50.

+ Glebula rotundata (Lamarck, 1819) — Howells et al., 1996: 59.

+ Glebula rotundata (Lamarck, 1819) — Burch, 1975: 173.

+ Glebula rotundata (Lamarck, 1819) — Haas, 1969: 415.

+ Glebula rotundata (Lamarck, 1819) — Clench & Turner, 1956: 192.

+ Glebula suborbiculata (Lamarck, 1819) — Frierson, 1927: 91.

+ Glebula rotundata (Lamarck, 1819) — Simpson, 1914: 288.

+ Glebula rotundata (Lamarck, 1819) — Simpson, 1900: 598.

+ Unio rotundatus Lamarck — Germain, 1897: 72.

+ Unio rotundatus Lamarck, 1819 — Call, 1895: 47.

+ Margaron (Unio) rotundatus (Lam.) — Lea, 1870: 55.

+ Unio glebulus Say, 1831 — Sowerby, 1868: pl. 64, sp. 321; pl. 74, sp. 384.

+ Unio rotundatus Lamarck, 1819 — Reeve, 1865: pl. 23, sp. 106.

+ Unio rotundatus Lamarck — Küster, 1861: 256.

+ Unio rotundatus Lam. — Conrad, 1853: 257.

+ Margaron (Unio) rotundatus (Lam.) — Lea, 1852: 34.

+ Unio rotundatus Lam. — Hanley, 1843: 201.

+ Margarita (Unio) rotundatus Lam. — Lea, 1838: 23.

+ Margarita (Unio) rotundatus (Lamarck, 1819) — Lea, 1836: 33.

+ Unio suborbiculatus Lam. — Ferussac, 1835: 26.