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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Mesonaias explicata

nominal species Unio microdon Martens, 1887

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Unio microdon Martens, 1887 = Mesonaias explicata

Martens, 1887. S.-Ber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde zu Berlin 1887: 107.
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 504, pl. 35, figs. 1-1c.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE ZMB_39465, Rio de las Salinas, Guatemala.

= Mesonaias explicata

Taxonomic Opinions

= Sphenonaias microdon (Martens, 1887) — Freeman et al., 2025

+ Mesonaias explicata (Morelet, 1849) — Cummings et al., 2025

= Sphenonaias microdon (Martens, 1887) — Czaja et al., 2023

= Sphenonaias microdon (Martens, 1887) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

= Sphenonaias microdonInoue et al., 2020

= Sphenonaias microdon (Martens, 1887) — Pfeiffer et al., 2019

= Sphenonaias microdon von Martens, 1887 — Bogan, 2010

= Sphenonaias microdon (von Martens, 1887) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

= Nephronaias (Sphenonaias) microdon (von Martens, 1887) — Haas, 1969

= Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) microdon (Marts.) — Haas, 1929

= Elliptio (Sphenonaias) microdon (von Martens, 1887) — Frierson, 1927

= Nephronaias microdon (von Martens, 1887) — Simpson, 1914

= Unio (Nephronaias) microdon von Martens, 1887 — Martens, 1900

+ Simpson, 1900

= Unio microdon E. von Martens, 1887 — Fischer & Crosse, 1894

 
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