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species Quadrula couchiana (Lea, 1860): synonymy

23 specimens

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Unio couchianus Lea, 1860

Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 305.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 371 [53], pl. 66, fig. 196.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] USNM_85728 (by R.I. Johnson, 1974: 38), Rio Salado, Mexico.

Quadrula (sec. Theliderma) couchianaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (Pleurobema) couchianusMartens (1900)
Quadrula (Bullata) couchianaFrierson (1927)
Quadrula (sec. Amphinaias) couchianaThiele (1934)
Quadrula (Pustulosa) couchianaHaas (1969)
Quadrula (Amphinaias) couchianusHaas (1969)
Quadrula couchianaTurgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Howells et al. (1996), Turgeon et al. (1998), R.I. Johnson (1999), ... Czaja et al. (2023), Neemuchwala et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Cummings et al. (2025)
Amphinaias couchianaIUCN (1996), Graf & Cummings (2007), Cummings & Graf (2010)
Quadrula counchiana [sic]Contreras-Arquieta (2000)

Quadrula counchiana Contreras-Arquieta, 2000

‘Lea’ Contreras-Arquieta, 2000. Mexicoa 2(1): 44.
(error for Unio couchianus Lea, 1860)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Quadrula (sec. Theliderma) couchianaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (Pleurobema) couchianusMartens (1900)
Quadrula (Bullata) couchianaFrierson (1927)
Quadrula (sec. Amphinaias) couchianaThiele (1934)
Quadrula (Pustulosa) couchianaHaas (1969)
Quadrula (Amphinaias) couchianusHaas (1969)
Quadrula couchianaTurgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Howells et al. (1996), Turgeon et al. (1998), R.I. Johnson (1999), ... Czaja et al. (2023), Neemuchwala et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Cummings et al. (2025)
Amphinaias couchianaIUCN (1996), Graf & Cummings (2007), Cummings & Graf (2010)
Quadrula counchiana [sic]Contreras-Arquieta (2000)

 
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