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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Popenaiadini | Psoronaias crocodilorum

nominal species Unio ostreatus Morelet, 1849

Unio ostreatus Morelet, 1849 = Psoronaias crocodilorum

Morelet, 1849. Test. Nov. 1: 29.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] BMNH_94-3-22-2 (by R.I. Johnson, 1971: 90), flumen Usumacinta, Guatemala.

= Psoronaias crocodilorum

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Psoronaias crocodilorum (Morelet, 1849) — Cummings et al., 2025

= Psoronaias ostreata (Morelet, 1849) — Czaja et al., 2023

= Psoronaias ostreata (Morelet, 1849) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

= Psoronaias ostreata Morelet, 1849 — Bogan, 2010

= Psoronaias ostreata (Morelet, 1849) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

= Psoronaias ostreata (Morelet, 1849) — Haas, 1969

= Psoronaias ostreatus Mor. — Haas, 1930

= Psoronaias ostreata (Morelet) — Haas, 1929

= Psoronaias ostreatus (Morelet, 1849) — Frierson, 1927

= Quadrula (Rotundaria) ostreata (Morelet, 1849) — Simpson, 1914

= Quadrula (Rotundaria) ostreata (Morelet, 1849) — Simpson, 1900

= Unio (Psoronaias) ostreatus Morelet, 1849 — Martens, 1900

= Unio (Psoronaias) ostreatus Morelet, 1849 — Fischer & Crosse, 1894

+ — Lea, 1870

+ — Lea, 1852

= Unio ostreatus — Morelet, 1849