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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Popenaiadini | Nephronaias aztecorum

nominal species Unio strebelii Lea, 1866

image of type lot

Unio strebelii Lea, 1866 = Nephronaias aztecorum

Lea, 1866. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 18: 133.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 318 [78], pl. 51, fig. 131.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] USNM_85661 (by R.I. Johnson, 1974: 138), Vera Cruz, Mexico.

= Nephronaias aztecorum

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Nephronaias aztecorum (Philippi, 1847) — Cummings et al., 2025

+ Nephronaias (s.s.) aztecorum (Philippi, 1847) — Haas, 1969

+ Elliptio (Nephronaias) aztecorum (Philippi) — Haas, 1929

+ Lampsilis (Disconaias) aztecorum (Philippi, 1847) — Frierson, 1927

+ Nephronaias medellina (Lea, 1838) — Simpson, 1914

= Lampsilis strebeli (Lea) — Pilsbry, 1910

+ Nephronaias medellinus (Lea, 1838) — Simpson, 1900

= Unio (Nephronaias) aztecorum var. strebeli Lea, 1866 — Martens, 1900

= Unio (Mesonaias) strebeli Lea, 1866 (emend.) — Fischer & Crosse, 1894

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

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

 
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