MUSSELpdb

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freshwater mussels
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Mon 2 March 2026

nominal species Unio soleniformis Lea, 1831

Unio soleniformis Lea, 1831 = Cumberlandia monodonta

specimen image from publication Lea, 1831. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 4 [O. 1]: 87, pl. 10, fig. 17.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Cumberlandia monodonta (Say, 1829) — Watters et al., 2009: 27.

+ Cumberlandia monodonta (Say, 1829) — Williams et al., 2008: 95.

+ Cumberlandia monodonta (Say, 1829) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998: 49.

+ Margaritifera (Cumberlandia) monodonta (Say, 1829) — Haas, 1969: 14.

+ Cumberlandia monodonta (Say, 1829) — Frierson, 1927: 24.

+ Margaritana monodonta (Say, 1829) — Simpson, 1914: 522.

= Unio soleniformis Lea — de Gregorio, 1914: 40.

+ Margaritana monodonta (Say, 1829) — Simpson, 1900: 679.

+ Margaron (Unio) monodontus (Say) — Lea, 1870: 62.

= Unio soleniformis Lea, 1831 — Sowerby, 1866: pl. 45, sp. 243.

+ Margaritana monodonta (Say) — Conrad, 1853: 262.

+ Margaron (Unio) monodonta (Say) — Lea, 1852: 39.

+ Unio monodontus Say — Hanley, 1843: 210.

+ Margarita (Unio) monodontus Say. Eat. — Lea, 1838: 26.

+ Alasmodonta monodonta (Say) — Ferussac, 1835: 26.