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nominal species Unio nicaraguensis Lea, 1868

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Unio nicaraguensis Lea, 1868 = Arotonaias gabbiana

Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 95.
specimen image from publicationLea, 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.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Arotonaias gabbiana (Lea, 1868) — Cummings et al., 2025: 155, pl. 19 bottom left.

+ Arotonaias gabbianus (Lea, 1868) — Graf & Cummings, 2021: 17.

+ Arotonaias gabbianus Lea, 1868 — Bogan, 2010: [4].

= Arotonaias nicaraguensis (Lea, 1868) — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 305.

+ Haas, 1969.

= Plagiola nicaraguensis (Lea, 1868) — Goodrich & van der Schalie, 1937: 46.

+ Arotonaias gabbiana (Lea, 1868) — Frierson, 1927: 92.

= Plagiola (Arotonaias) nicaraguensis (Lea, 1868) — Simpson, 1914: 316.

= Plagiola (Ptychoderma) nicaraguensis (Lea, 1868) — Simpson, 1900: 607.

+ Unio (Arotonaias) gabbianus Lea, 1868 — Martens, 1900: 498.

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

= Margaron (Unio) nicaraguensis (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 35.