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

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Popenaiadini | Nephronaias

species Nephronaias goascoranensis (Lea, 1858): synonymy
     76 specimens

Unio goascoranensis Lea, 1858
Lea, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 118.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 258 [76], pl. 41, fig. 139.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] USNM_85086 (by Johnson & Baker, 1973: 156), Goascoran R., Honduras.

Nephronaias goascoranensisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023), Cummings et al. (2025)
Unio (Sphenonaias) goascoranensisMartens (1900)
Nephronaias calamitarumIhering (1901)
Elliptio (Nephronaias) goascoranensisFrierson (1927), Haas (1929)
Nephronaias (s.s.) goascoranensisHaas (1969)

Unio goascoranensis Martens, 1900
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 501, pl. 38, figs. 10-10a.

Nephronaias goascoranensisSimpson (1914)
Elliptio (Nephronaias) guatemalensis [sic]Frierson (1927)

Unio (Elliptio) guatemalanus Martens, 1900
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 519, pl. 38, figs. 7-8a.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ZMB_220175 (by Cummings et al., 2025: 260), Rio Michatoya, bei Paso San Antonio, Guatemala.

Unio (Elliptio) guatemalanusMartens (1900)
Nephronaias goascoranensisSimpson (1914), Cummings et al. (2025)
Elliptio (Nephronaias) guatemalensis [sic]Frierson (1927)
Elliptio (Nephronaias) rowelliiHaas (1929)
Nephronaias (s.s.) goascoranensisHaas (1969)

Unio (Elliptio) radiatulus Martens, 1900
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 518, pl. 39, figs. 8a-b.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ZMB_108851 (by Cummings et al., 2025: 260), Rio Michatoya, bei Paso San Antonio, Guatemala.

Unio (Elliptio) radiatulusMartens (1900)
Nephronaias oregonensisSimpson (1914)
Elliptio (Nephronaias) oregonensisFrierson (1927)
Nephronaias (s.s.) oregonensisHaas (1969)
Nephronaias goascoranensisCummings et al. (2025)

Unio (Simonaias) championi Martens, 1900
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 508, pl. 38, figs. 9-9a.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ZMB_220174 (by Cummings et al., 2025: 260), Paso San Antonio, in the Pacific Coast Region, Guatemala.

Unio (Simonaias) championiMartens (1900)
Nephronaias championiSimpson (1914), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Elliptio (Nephronaias) championiFrierson (1927)
Elliptio (Nephronaias) macnieliiHaas (1929)
Nephronaias (s.s.) championiHaas (1969)
Nephronaias goascoranensisCummings et al. (2025)

Nephronaias lempensis Marshall, 1926
Marshall, 1926. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 69(2638): 4, pl. 2, figs. 4, 6; pl. 3, fig. 4.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) USNM_361764, Rio Lempe at R.R. Bridge, Salvador.

Nephronaias (s.s.) lempensisHaas (1969)
Nephronaias lempensisGraf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Nephronaias goascoranensisCummings et al. (2025)

Unio goascoraensis B.H. Wright, 1888
‘Lea’ B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [3].

Elliptio (Nephronaias) guatemalensis Frierson, 1927
‘von Martens’ Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 36.

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Nephronaias goascoranensisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023), Cummings et al. (2025)
Unio (Sphenonaias) goascoranensisMartens (1900)
Unio (Elliptio) guatemalanusMartens (1900)
Unio (Elliptio) radiatulusMartens (1900)
Unio (Simonaias) championiMartens (1900)
Nephronaias calamitarumIhering (1901)
Nephronaias oregonensisSimpson (1914)
Nephronaias championiSimpson (1914), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Elliptio (Nephronaias) goascoranensisFrierson (1927), Haas (1929)
Elliptio (Nephronaias) guatemalensis [sic]Frierson (1927)
Elliptio (Nephronaias) oregonensisFrierson (1927)
Elliptio (Nephronaias) championiFrierson (1927)
Elliptio (Nephronaias) rowelliiHaas (1929)
Elliptio (Nephronaias) macnieliiHaas (1929)
Nephronaias (s.s.) goascoranensisHaas (1969)
Nephronaias (s.s.) oregonensisHaas (1969)
Nephronaias (s.s.) championiHaas (1969)
Nephronaias (s.s.) lempensisHaas (1969)
Nephronaias lempensisGraf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021)

 
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