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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Watters (2018): summary
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Complete Citation

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

Cambarunio hesperus Watters, 2018
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.

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

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

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

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

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

Margaron (Unio) previostianus Watters, 2018
‘Lea’ Watters, 2018. Visaya, Suppl. (10): 10.

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

Unio camelopardalis Sowerby, 1866
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 42, sp. 233, fig. 233a.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 450.
Watters, 2018. Visaya, Suppl. (10): 29.

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