species Margaritifera hembeli (Conrad, 1838): synonymy

Unio hembeli Conrad, 1838

Conrad, 1838. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(10): 93, pl. 51.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_56529, no locality, but sent from New Orleans, Louisiana.

“Margaritana hembeli” ** — Simpson (1900), Ortmann (1912), Simpson (1914), Clench & Turner (1956)
Margaritana hembeli — Frierson (1927)
Margaritifera (s.s.) hembeli — Haas (1969)
Schalienaia hembeli — Starobogatov (1970)
Margaritifera hembeli — Heard & Guckert (1970), Burch (1975), Davis & Fuller (1981), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), ... Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Chen et al. (2025), Moorkens et al. (2026), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Pseudunio hembeli — D.G. Smith (2001)

Complanaria hempelii Agassiz, 1852

(error for Unio hembeli Conrad, 1838)
Agassiz, 1852. Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 49.