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

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species Actinonaias gundlachi (Dunker, 1858): synonymy
     69 specimens

Unio gundlachi Dunker, 1858
Dunker, 1858. Malak. Blatt. 5: 228.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ZMB_108720 (by Haas, 1929: 328), Taco Taco Fluss, Kuba.

Nephronaias gundlachiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Cummings et al. (2025)
Unio (Simonaias) scamnatusMartens (1900)
Actinonaias gundlachiFrierson (1917)
Lampsilis (Actinonaias) gundlachiFrierson (1927)
Elliptio (Nephronaias) gundlachiHaas (1929)
Nephronaias (s.s.) gundlachiHaas (1969)
Villosa gundlachiJohnson (1981)

Unio grundlachi Lea, 1870
‘Dunk.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 35.

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Nephronaias gundlachiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Cummings et al. (2025)
Unio (Simonaias) scamnatusMartens (1900)
Actinonaias gundlachiFrierson (1917)
Lampsilis (Actinonaias) gundlachiFrierson (1927)
Elliptio (Nephronaias) gundlachiHaas (1929)
Nephronaias (s.s.) gundlachiHaas (1969)
Villosa gundlachiJohnson (1981)

 
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