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nominal species Unio caldwellii Lea, 1858

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Unio caldwellii Lea, 1858 = Nephronaias caldwellii

Lea, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 118.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 265 [83], pl. 43, fig. 145.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_84396, Isthmus of Darien.

Taxonomic Opinions

= Nephronaias caldwellii (Lea, 1858) — Cummings et al., 2025: 242, pl. 45, Tables 3, 12.

= Barynaias caldwellii (Lea, 1858) — Graf & Cummings, 2021: 20.

= Barynaias caldwellii Lea, 1858 — Bogan, 2010: [4].

= Barynaias caldwellii (Lea, 1858) — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 308.

= Barynaias caldwellii (Lea, 1858) — Haas, 1969: 246.

+ Elliptio (Nephronaias) averyi (Lea) — Haas, 1929: 320.

+ Elliptio (Barynaias) averyi (Lea, 1859) — Frierson, 1927: 39.

= Nephronaias caldwellii (Lea, 1858) — Simpson, 1914: 259.

= Nephronaias caldwellii (Lea, 1858) — Simpson, 1900: 593.

= Unio (Arotonaias) caldwellii Lea, 1858 — Martens, 1900: 498.

= Unio caldwellii Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888: [2].

= Margaron (Unio) caldwellii (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 35.

= Unio caldwellii Lea, 1858 — Sowerby, 1868: pl. 89, sp. 477.