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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Quadrulini | Quadrulina | Pustulosa kieneriana

nominal species Unio asperatus Lea, 1861

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Unio asperatus Lea, 1861 = Pustulosa kieneriana

Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 41.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 68 [72], pl. 7, fig. 218.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84272, Claiborne, Ala.

= Pustulosa kieneriana

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Pustulosa kieneriana (Lea, 1852) — FMCS, 2025

= Cyclonaias asperataHauck et al., 2023

+ Cyclonaias kieneriana (Lea, 1852) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

+ Cyclonaias kieneriana (Lea, 1852) — FMCS, 2021

+ Cyclonaias kieneriana (Lea, 1852) — Lopes-Lima et al., 2019

= Cyclonaias asperataJohnson et al., 2018

= Cyclonaias asperata (Lea, 1861) — Williams et al., 2017

= Quadrula asperata (I. Lea, 1861) — ITIS, 2012

= Quadrula asperata (I. Lea, 1861) — Szumowski et al., 2012

= Quadrula asperataHaag, 2012

= Quadrula asperata Lea, 1861 — Bogan, 2010

= Amphinaias asperataCummings & Graf, 2010

= Quadrula asperata (Lea, 1861) — Williams et al., 2008

= Amphinaias asperata (Lea, 1861) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

= Quadrula asperataZhou et al., 2007

= Quadrula asperata (I. Lea) — Jones et al., 2005

= Quadrula asperataSerb et al., 2003

= Quadrula asperata (Lea) — Lydeard et al., 1999

= Quadrula asperata (Lea, 1861) — Turgeon et al., 1998

= Amphinaias asperata (Lea, 1861) — IUCN, 1996

= Quadrula asperata (I. Lea) — Williams et al., 1993

= Quadrula asperata (Lea, 1861) — Turgeon et al., 1988

+ Quadrula pustulosa (Lea, 1831) — R.I. Johnson, 1980

+ Quadrula pustulosa (Lea, 1831) — Burch, 1975

+ Quadrula (Pustulosa) pustulosa pernodosa (Lea, 1845) — Haas, 1969

= Quadrula (Bullata) pustulosa-asperata (Lea, 1861) — Frierson, 1927

= Quadrula asperata (Lea, 1861) — Ortmann, 1923

= Quadrula pustulosa asperata (Lea) — Utterback, 1915

+ Quadrula (sec. Theliderma) pustulosa var. pernodosa (Lea, 1845) — Simpson, 1914

+ Quadrula (sec. Theliderma) pustulosa var. pernodosa (Lea, 1845) — Simpson, 1900

+ Unio pustulosus Lea, 1830 — Call, 1895

= Unio asperatus Lea, 1861 — Paetel, 1890

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

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

= Unio asperatus Lea, 1861 — Sowerby, 1868

 
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