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nominal species Unio melleus Lea, 1859

Unio melleus Lea, 1859 = unionoid species

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 152.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 250 [68], pl. 38, fig. 129.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) BMNH_1965175, Hab._?

= nomen dubium

Taxonomic Opinions

+ — Cummings et al., 2025

= Nephronaias mellea (Lea, 1859) — Czaja et al., 2023

= Nephronaias mellea (Lea, 1859) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

= Nephronaias mellea Lea, 1859 — Bogan, 2010

= Nephronaias mellea (Lea, 1859) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

= Nephronaias (s.s.) mellea (Lea, 1859) — Haas, 1969

= Elliptio (Nephronaias) melleus (Lea, 1859) — Frierson, 1927

= Nephronaias melleus — Frierson, 1917

= Nephronaias mellea (Lea, 1859) — Simpson, 1914

= Nephronaias melleus (Lea, 1859) — Simpson, 1900

= Margaron (Unio) melleus (Lea) — Lea, 1870

= Unio melleus Lea, 1859 — Reeve, 1865