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

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species Nephronaias aeruginosa (Morelet, 1849): synonymy
     13 specimens

Unio aeruginosus Morelet, 1849
Morelet, 1849. Test. Nov. 1: 29 [as ‘æruginosus’].
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] BMNH_93-2-4-2019 (by R.I. Johnson, 1971: 79), In rivulo Michol, circa Palenqueanum vicum.

Nephronaias aeruginosusSimpson (1900)
Unio (Elliptio) aeruginosusMartens (1900)
Nephronaias aeruginosaSimpson (1914), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023), Cummings et al. (2025)
Elliptio (Nephronaias) aeruginosusFrierson (1927), Haas (1929)
Nephronaias (s.s.) aeruginosaHaas (1969)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Nephronaias aeruginosusSimpson (1900)
Unio (Elliptio) aeruginosusMartens (1900)
Nephronaias aeruginosaSimpson (1914), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023), Cummings et al. (2025)
Elliptio (Nephronaias) aeruginosusFrierson (1927), Haas (1929)
Nephronaias (s.s.) aeruginosaHaas (1969)

 
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