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

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species Arotonaias reticulata (Simpson, 1900): synonymy
     8 specimens

Nephronaias reticulatus Simpson, 1900
Simpson, 1900. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 52: 77, pl. 2, fig. 3.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 595.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 268.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_152964, Patook [=Patuca] River, Capunta, Honduras.

Nephronaias reticulatusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1900)
Unio (Arotonaias) reticulatusMartens (1900)
Nephronaias reticulataSimpson (1914)
Elliptio (Reticulatus) reticulatusFrierson (1927)
Elliptio reticulataThiele (1934)
Nephronaias (Reticulatus) reticulataHaas (1969), Haas (1969)
Reticulatus reticulatusGraf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Arotonaias reticulataCummings et al. (2025)

Nephronaias elvae Walker, 1924
Walker, 1924. Nautilus 38(2): 52, pl. 1, figs. 1-2.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_515798, Wanks River, Nicaragua.

Frierson (1927)
Nephronaias (Reticulatus) elvaeHaas (1969)
Reticulatus elvaeGraf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Arotonaias reticulataCummings et al. (2025)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Nephronaias reticulatusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1900)
Unio (Arotonaias) reticulatusMartens (1900)
Nephronaias reticulataSimpson (1914)
Elliptio (Reticulatus) reticulatusFrierson (1927)
Frierson (1927)
Elliptio reticulataThiele (1934)
Nephronaias (Reticulatus) reticulataHaas (1969), Haas (1969)
Nephronaias (Reticulatus) elvaeHaas (1969)
Reticulatus reticulatusGraf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Reticulatus elvaeGraf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Arotonaias reticulataCummings et al. (2025)

 
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