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

nominal species Unio ineptus Lea, 1852

Unio ineptus Lea, 1852 = Uniomerus carolinianus

Lea, 1852. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 5]: 261 [17], pl. 15, fig. 12.
Lea, 1852. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5: 251 [as ‘irreptus’]. [nomen nudum]
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85326, Abbeville District, SC.

= 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 obesus (Lea, 1831) — Haas, 1969

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

+ Elliptio (Uniomerus) obesus (Lea, 1831) — Frierson, 1927

+ Unio (sec. Uniomerus) obesus Lea, 1831 — Simpson, 1914

+ Unio (sec. Uniomerus) obesus Lea, 1831 — Simpson, 1900

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

= Margaron (Unio) ineptus (Lea) — Lea, 1870

= Unio (Hyridella) ineptus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857

= Unio ineptus Lea, 1852 — Conrad, 1853

= Margaron (Unio) ineptus (Lea) — Lea, 1852