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

nominal species Unio aureus Lea, 1859

image of type lot

Unio aureus Lea, 1859 = Pustulosa pustulosa

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 112.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 195 [17], pl. 26, fig. 264.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84572, Texas.

= Pustulosa pustulosa

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Pustulosa pustulosa (Lea, 1831) — FMCS, 2025

+ Cyclonaias pustulosa (Lea, 1831) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

+ Cyclonaias pustulosa (Lea, 1831) — FMCS, 2021

+ Cyclonaias pustulosa (Lea, 1831) — Lopes-Lima et al., 2019

+ Cyclonaias pustulosa (Lea, 1831) — Johnson et al., 2018

= Cyclonaias aurea (Lea, 1859) — Williams et al., 2017

= Quadrula aurea (I. Lea, 1859) — ITIS, 2012

= Quadrula aurea (I. Lea, 1859) — Szumowski et al., 2012

= Quadrula aureaHaag, 2012

= Quadrula aurea Lea, 1859 — Bogan, 2010

= Amphinaias aureaCummings & Graf, 2010

= Amphinaias aurea (Lea, 1859) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

= Quadrula aureaSerb et al., 2003

= Quadrula aurea (Lea, 1859) — Turgeon et al., 1998

= Quadrula aurea (Lea, 1859) — Howells et al., 1996

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

= Quadrula aurea (Lea, 1859) — Turgeon et al., 1988

= Quadrula aurea (Lea, 1859) — Burch, 1975

= Quadrula (Pustulosa) aurea (Lea, 1859) — Haas, 1969

= Quadrula (Bullata) aureus (Lea, 1859) — Frierson, 1927

= Quadrula (sec. Theliderma) aurea (Lea, 1859) — Simpson, 1914

= Quadrula (sec. Theliderma) aurea (Lea, 1859) — Simpson, 1900

= Unio aureus Lea — Singley, 1893

= Unio aureus Lea, 1859 — Paetel, 1890

= Unio aureus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888

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

= Unio aureus Lea, 1859 — Sowerby, 1868

 
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