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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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species Nephronaias macnielii (Lea, 1869): synonymy
     30 specimens

Unio macnielii Lea, 1869
Lea, 1869. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 21: 124.
Lea, 1874. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 25 [29], pl. 8, fig. 22.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] USNM_84414 (by Johnson & Baker, 1973: 161), Rio Gigillillo, Corcuera, Nicaragua.

Nephronaias macnieliiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023), Cummings et al. (2025)
Unio (Simonaias) macnieliMartens (1900)
Nephronaias macneilii [sic]Pilsbry (1920)
Elliptio (Nephronaias) aeruginosusFrierson (1927)
Elliptio (Nephronaias) macnieliiHaas (1929)
Nephronaias (s.s.) macnieliiHaas (1969)

Nephronaias macneilii Pilsbry, 1920
‘Lea’ Pilsbry, 1920. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 72: 10.

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Nephronaias macnieliiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023), Cummings et al. (2025)
Unio (Simonaias) macnieliMartens (1900)
Nephronaias macneilii [sic]Pilsbry (1920)
Elliptio (Nephronaias) aeruginosusFrierson (1927)
Elliptio (Nephronaias) macnieliiHaas (1929)
Nephronaias (s.s.) macnieliiHaas (1969)

 
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