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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Arotonaias gabbiana

nominal species Unio nicaraguensis Lea, 1868

Unio nicaraguensis Lea, 1868 = Arotonaias gabbiana

Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 95.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 296 [56], pl. 43, fig. 107.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_84390 (by Johnson & Baker, 1973: 163), Lake Nicaragua.

= Arotonaias gabbiana

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Arotonaias gabbiana (Lea, 1868) — Cummings et al., 2025

+ Arotonaias gabbianus (Lea, 1868) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

+ Arotonaias gabbianus Lea, 1868 — Bogan, 2010

= Arotonaias nicaraguensis (Lea, 1868) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

+ — Haas, 1969

= Plagiola nicaraguensis (Lea, 1868) — Goodrich & van der Schalie, 1937

+ Arotonaias gabbiana (Lea, 1868) — Frierson, 1927

= Plagiola (Arotonaias) nicaraguensis (Lea, 1868) — Simpson, 1914

= Plagiola (Ptychoderma) nicaraguensis (Lea, 1868) — Simpson, 1900

+ Unio (Arotonaias) gabbianus Lea, 1868 — Martens, 1900

= Unio nicaraguensis Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888

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