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nominal species Unio scamnatus Morelet, 1849

Unio scamnatus Morelet, 1849 = Nephronaias scamnata

Morelet, 1849. Test. Nov. 1: 30.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE BMNH_93-2-4-1976 (by R.I. Johnson, 1971: 92), Rio Taco Taco, Cuba.

Taxonomic Opinions

= Nephronaias scamnata (Morelet, 1849) — Cummings et al., 2025: 285, pl. 58, Tables 3, 15.

= Nephronaias scamnata (Morelet, 1849) — Graf & Cummings, 2021: 20.

= Nephronaias scamnata (Morelet, 1849) — IUCN, 2011: [web].

= Nephronaias scamnata Morelet, 1849 — Bogan, 2010: [23].

= Nephronaias scamnata (Morelet, 1849) — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 308.

= Nephronaias (s.s.) scamnata (Morelet, 1849) — Johnson, 1981: 271, pl. 37, figs. 1-4; pl. 38, fig. 1.

= Nephronaias (s.s.) scamnata (Morelet, 1849) — Haas, 1969: 193.

= Elliptio (Nephronaias) scamnatus (Morelet) — Haas, 1929: 328, figs. 4-5.

= Elliptio (Nephronaias) scamnatus (Morelet, 1849) — Frierson, 1927: 35, sp. 124.

= Nephronaias scamnata (Morelet, 1849) — Simpson, 1914: 272.

= Nephronaias scamnatus (Morelet, 1849) — Ihering, 1901: 51.

= Nephronaias scamnatus (Morelet, 1849) — Simpson, 1900: 595.

= Unio (Simonaias) scamnatus Morelet, 1849 — Martens, 1900: 507, 522.

= Unio scamnatus More. — B.H. Wright, 1888: [5].

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

+ — Lea, 1852: 40.