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nominal species Unio testudineus Morelet, 1849

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Unio testudineus Morelet, 1849 = Psoronaias crocodilorum

Morelet, 1849. Test. Nov. 1: 28.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] BMNH_94-3-22-1 (by R.I. Johnson, 1971: 96), flumen Usumacinta, Guatemala.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Psoronaias crocodilorum (Morelet, 1849) — Cummings et al., 2025: 313, pl. 63 top right.

= Psoronaias testudinarea [sic] Morelet, 1849 — Bogan, 2010: [web].

= Psoronaias testudinea (Morelet, 1849) — Haas, 1969: 324.

= Psoronaias testudineus Mor. — Haas, 1930: 319.

= Psoronaias testudinea (Morelet) — Haas, 1929: 332.

+ Psoronaias semigranosus (von dem Busch, 1845) — Frierson, 1927: 63.

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) testudineus Morelet, 1849 — Simpson, 1914: 595.

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) testudineus Morelet, 1849 — Simpson, 1900: 702.

= Unio (Psoronaias) semigranosus var. testudineus Morelet, 1849 — Martens, 1900: 493.

= Unio (Psoronaias) testudineus A. Morelet, 1849 — Fischer & Crosse, 1894: 571, pl. 62, fig. 3; pl. 70, fig. 3.

+ Lea, 1870: 64.

= Unio testudineus Morelet, 1849 — Reeve, 1865: pl. 22, sp. 101.

+ Lea, 1852: 40.

= Unio testudineusMorelet, 1849: 28.