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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Quadrulini | Uniomerus carolinianus

nominal species Unio bisselianus Lea, 1867

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Unio bisselianus Lea, 1867 = Uniomerus carolinianus

Lea, 1867. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 19: 81.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 277 [37], pl. 37, fig. 90.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85373, Bissels Pond, Charlotte, N.C.

= Uniomerus carolinianus

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say, 1830) — Burch, 1975

+ Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say, 1831) — R.I. Johnson, 1972

+ Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say, 1831) — R.I. Johnson, 1970

= Uniomerus bissellianus [sic] (Lea, 1867) — Haas, 1969

+ Uniomerus obesus (Lea, 1831) — Clench & Turner, 1956

= Elliptio (Uniomerus) bissellianus [sic] (Lea, 1867) — Frierson, 1927

= Unio (sec. Uniomerus) bissellianus [sic] Lea, 1867 — Simpson, 1914

= Unio (sec. Uniomerus) bissellianus [sic] Lea, 1867 — Simpson, 1900

= Unio (sec. Hyridella) bisselianus Lea, 1867 — Paetel, 1890

= Unio bisselianus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888

= Margaron (Unio) bissellianus [sic] (Lea) — Lea, 1870

 
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