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Publication Watters (2018): summary

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Watters, G.T. 2018. A preliminary review of the nominal genus Villosa of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia, Unionidae) in North America. Visaya, Supplement (10). 140 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Cambarunio Watters, 2018

Watters, 2018. Visaya, Suppl. (10): 14.
Type species: Unio iris Lea, 1829 (orig. desig.) = Cambarunio iris

Leaunio Watters, 2018

Watters, 2018. Visaya, Suppl. (10): 33.
Type species: Unio lienosus Conrad, 1834 (orig. desig.) = Leaunio lienosus

Paetulunio Watters, 2018

Watters, 2018. Visaya, Suppl. (10): 13.
Type species: Unio fabalis Lea, 1831 (orig. desig.) = Paetulunio fabalis

Sagittunio Watters, 2018

Watters, 2018. Visaya, Suppl. (10): 54.
Type species: Unio nasutus Say, 1817 (orig. desig.) = Sagittunio nasutus

Attributed Nominal Species

Sagittunio aldermani Watters, 2018 = Sagittunio aldermani

Watters, 2018. Visaya, Suppl. (10): 55, pl. 32.

Cambarunio dactylus anatinensis Watters, 2018 = Cambarunio dactylus

Watters, 2018. Visaya, Suppl. (10): 17, pl. 7.

Leaunio lienosus aquilonius Watters, 2018 = Leaunio lienosus

Watters, 2018. Visaya, Suppl. (10): 37, pl. 19.

Unio camelopardalis Sowerby, 1866 = Cambarunio taeniatus

‘Lea’ of Authors.
specimen image from publicationSowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 42, sp. 233, fig. 233a.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 450.
Watters, 2018. Visaya, Suppl. (10): 29.
(error for Unio camelopardilis Lea, 1860)

Cambarunio hesperus Watters, 2018 = Cambarunio hesperus

Watters, 2018. Visaya, Suppl. (10): 19, pl. 9.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) AND PARATYPES OSUM_36104, James River, above railroad crossing at SE edge of Galena. Stone Co., Missouri. USA. 36.79839° N, -93.46265° W.

Leaunio lienosus ouachitaensis Watters, 2018 = Leaunio lienosus

Watters, 2018. Visaya, Suppl. (10): 40, pl. 21.

Leaunio pataecus Watters, 2018 = Leaunio pataecus

Watters, 2018. Visaya, Suppl. (10): 43, pl. 24.

Margaron (Unio) previostianus Watters, 2018 = Villosa vibex

‘Lea’ Watters, 2018. Visaya, Suppl. (10): 10.
(error for Unio prevostianus Lea, 1852)

Cambarunio dactylus viridensis Watters, 2018 = Cambarunio dactylus

Watters, 2018. Visaya, Suppl. (10): 18, pl. 8.

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