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nominal species Unio fluctiger Lea, 1859

Unio fluctiger Lea, 1859 = unionoid species

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 152.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 250 [68], pl. 39, fig. 130.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) BMNH_1965169, Hab._? [Asia ?].

= nomen dubium

Taxonomic Opinions

+ — Graf & Cummings, 2021

= Diplodon fluctiger Lea, 1859 — Bogan, 2010

= Diplodon fluctiger (Lea, 1859) — Graf & Cummings, 2009

= Diplodon fluctiger (Lea, 1859) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

= Diplodon fluctiger (Lea, 1859) — Simone, 2006

= Diplodon (s.s.) guaranianus fluctiger (Lea, 1859) — Haas, 1969

+ — Parodiz, 1968

= Ecuadorea fluctiger (Lea, 1859) — Modell, 1950

= Diplodon guaranianus fluctiger (Lea, 1859) — Haas, 1930

= Nodularia (Scabies) fluctigera (Lea, 1859) — Haas, 1924

= Diplodon fluctiger (Lea, 1859) — Haas, 1919

= Nodularia (s.s.) fluctigera (Lea, 1859) — Simpson, 1914

= Nodularia (sec. Scabies) fluctigera (Lea, 1859) — Haas, 1911

= Nodularia (s.s.) fluctiger (Lea, 1859) — Simpson, 1900

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

+ Unio scobina ‘Benson’ Hanley, 1856 — Sowerby, 1866

= Unio fluctiger Lea — Küster, 1861