MUSSELpdb

Taxonomy

all genera

Summary

Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
by Taxonomy

Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
by Family

Geography

Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
by Geography

Data last updated
Mon 2 March 2026

nominal species Unio nucleus Lea, 1856

Unio nucleus Lea, 1856 = Scabies nucleus

Lea, 1856. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8: 94.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1857. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 3 [O. 6]: 306 [26], pl. 28, fig. 21.

Taxonomic Opinions

= Scabies nucleus (Lea, 1856) — Campbell & Lydeard, 2026: 292.

= Scabies nucleus (Lea, 1856) — Bolotov et al., 2024: Tables S2-S3.

= Scabies nucleus (Lea, 1856) — Konopleva et al., 2023: Table S2.

= Scabies nucleus (Lea, 1856) — Bolotov et al., 2022: Table S1.

= Scabies nucleus (Lea, 1856) — Bolotov et al., 2022: Dataset 1.

= Scabies nucleus (Lea, 1856) — Graf & Cummings, 2021: 24.

= Scabies nucleus (Lea, 1856) — Bolotov et al., 2020: Table S1.

= Scabies nucleus (Lea, 1856) — Jeratthitikul et al., 2019: 24, fig. 2F.

= Scabies nucleus (Lea, 1856) — Zieritz et al., 2018: online Table 1.

= Scabies nucleus (Lea, 1856) — Pfeiffer et al., 2018: [3].

= Scabies nucleus (Lea, 1856) — IUCN, 2012: [web].

= Scabies nucleus Lea, 1856 — Bogan, 2010: [web].

= Scabies nucleus (Lea, 1856) — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 311.

= Scabies nucleus — Kittivorachate & Yangyuen, 2004: 134.

= Scabies nucleus (Lea, 1856) — Brandt, 1974: 283, pl. 20, fig. 35.

= Scabies nucleus (Lea, 1856) — Haas, 1969: 64.

= Nodularia (s.s.) nucleus (Lea, 1856) — Simpson, 1914: 995.

= Nodularia (sec. Scabies) nucleus (Lea, 1856) — Haas, 1912: 113, pl. 10, fig. 13.

= Nodularia (s.s.) nucleus (Lea, 1856) — Simpson, 1900: 815.

= Unio nucleus Lea — Fischer, 1891: 225.

= Margaron (Unio) nucleus (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 30.