Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Popenaiadini | Sphenonaias plexus

nominal species Unio plexus Conrad, 1838

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Unio plexus Conrad, 1838 = Sphenonaias plexus

Conrad, 1838. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(10): 89, pl. 49, figs. 1-2.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 255.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_129923, Vera Cruz, Mexico.

Taxonomic Opinions

= Sphenonaias plexus (Conrad, 1838) — Cummings et al., 2025: 341, pl. 71, Tables 3, 9.

= Barynaias plexus (Conrad, 1838) — Czaja et al., 2023: 86.

= Barynaias plexus (Conrad, 1838) — Graf & Cummings, 2021: 20.

= Barynaias plexus Conrad, 1838 — Bogan, 2010: [4].

= Barynaias plexus (Conrad, 1838) — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 308.

= Unio plexus Conrad — Contreras-Arquieta, 2000: 45.

= Barynaias plexus (Conrad, 1838) — Haas, 1969: 246.

= Elliptio (Barynaias) plexus Conr. — Haas, 1930: 319.

= Elliptio (Barynaias) plexus (Conrad) — Haas, 1929: 331.

= Psoronaias plexus (Conrad, 1838) — Frierson, 1927: 63, sp. 272.

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) plexus Conrad, 1838 — Simpson, 1914: 589.

= Unio plexus Conrad — Pilsbry, 1904: 788.

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) plexus Conrad, 1838 — Simpson, 1900: 701.

+ Unio (Elliptio) pliciferus Lea, 1838 — Martens, 1900: 515.

+ Unio (Psoronaias) pliciferus Lea, 1836 — Fischer & Crosse, 1894: 580.

+ Margaron (Unio) pliciferus (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 31.

+ Unio pliciferus Lea, 1838 — Sowerby, 1868: pl. 75, sp. 387.

= Unio plexus Con., 1836 — Conrad, 1853: 255.

+ Margaron (Unio) pliciferus (Lea) — Lea, 1852: 20.

= Unio plexus Conrad, 1838 — Conrad, 1838: 89, pl. 49, figs. 1-2.