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nominal species Unio newcombianus Lea, 1856

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Unio newcombianus Lea, 1856 = Arotonaias cyrenoides

Lea, 1856. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8: 103.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1857. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 3 [O. 6]: 312 [32], pl. 30, fig. 27.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_84419 (by Cummings et al., 2025: 150), Lake Nicaragua, Nicaragua.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Arotonaias cyrenoides (Philippi, 1847) — Cummings et al., 2025: 149, pl. 19, top left.

+ Arotonaias cyrenoides (Philippi, 1847) — Bieler, 2021: 15.

+ Haas, 1969.

+ Arotonaias cyrenoides (Philippi, 1847) — Frierson, 1927: 92.

+ Plagiola (Arotonaias) cyrenoides (Philippi, 1847) — Simpson, 1914: 313.

+ Plagiola (Ptychoderma) cyrenoides (Philippi, 1847) — Simpson, 1900: 607.

= Unio (Arotonaias) newcombianus Lea, 1856 — Martens, 1900: 497, pl. 34, figs. 1-1b.

= Unio newcombianus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888: [4].

+ Tate, 1870: 161.

= Margaron (Unio) newcombianus (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 36.

= Unio newcombianus Lea, 1856 — Sowerby, 1868: pl. 67, sp. 345; errata.