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nominal species Unio nuculinus Philippi, 1849

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Unio nuculinus Philippi, 1849 = Micronaias arata

Philippi, 1849. Zeitschr. f. Malakozool. 5(11): 176.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ZMB_117922 (by Cummings et al., 2025: 215), Nicaragua.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Micronaias arata (Lea, 1843) — Cummings et al., 2025: 215, pl. 39 top right.

+ Elliptio (Micronaias) aratus (Lea, 1843) — Haas, 1969: 212.

+ Unio (sec. Micronaias) aratus Lea, 1843 — Simpson, 1914: 716.

= Plagiola nuculinus (Philippi, 1848) — Simpson, 1900: 607.

= Unio (Simonaias) nuculinus Philippi, 1848 — Martens, 1900: 509, pl. 39, figs. 6-6b.

+ Lea, 1870: 63.

+ Lea, 1852: 40.