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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Quadrulini | Megalonaias nervosa

nominal species Unio (Leptodea) nervosa Rafinesque, 1820

Unio (Leptodea) nervosa Rafinesque, 1820 = Megalonaias nervosa

Rafinesque, 1818. Amer. Mon. Mag. 3: 355 [as ‘Potamilus nervosus’]. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 296, pl. 80, figs. 8-10 [also as ‘Elliptio nervosa’].
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 22, 41.
Type(s): TYPE LOST XXX_UNKNOWN, aux rapides de l’Ohio.

= Megalonaias nervosa

Taxonomic Opinions

= Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — FMCS, 2025

= Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Cummings et al., 2025

= Megalonaias nervosaMa et al., 2024

= Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Czaja et al., 2023

= Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Neemuchwala et al., 2023

= Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Hopper et al., 2023

= Megalonaias nervosaHauck et al., 2023

= Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

= Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Gomes-dos-Santos et al., 2021

= Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — FMCS, 2021

= Megalonaias nervosaSmith, 2021

= Megalonaias nervosaRogers et al., 2020

= Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Huang et al., 2019

= Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Pfeiffer et al., 2019

= Megalonaias nervosaLopes-Lima et al., 2019

= Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Pfeiffer et al., 2018

= Megalonaias nervosaJohnson et al., 2018

= Megalonaias nervosaChase et al., 2018

= M. nervosaMarshall et al., 2018

= Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Williams et al., 2017

= Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Williams et al., 2014

= Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — ITIS, 2012

= Tritogonia nervosa Rafinesque — ITIS, 2012

= Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Szumowski et al., 2012

= Megalonaias nervosaHaag, 2012

= Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — McMurray et al., 2012

= Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — IUCN, 2011

= Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Williams et al., 2011

= Megalonaias nervosaBoyer et al., 2011

= Megalonaias nervosaBreton et al., 2011

= Megalonaias nervosa Rafinesque, 1820 — Bogan, 2010

= Megalonaias nervosaCummings & Graf, 2010

= Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Watters et al., 2009

= Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Williams et al., 2008

= Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

= Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Tiemann et al., 2007

= Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque) — Jones et al., 2005

= Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Campbell et al., 2005

= Megalonaias nervosaSerb et al., 2003

= Megalonaias nervosaKrebs et al., 2003

= Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Cicerello & Schuster, 2003

= Megalonaias nervosaSietman, 2003

= Megalonaias nervosa (Raf., 1820) — Graf, 2002

= Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Huang et al., 2002

= Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Brim Box & Williams, 2000

= Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Contreras-Arquieta, 2000

= Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque) — Lydeard et al., 1999

= Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — R.I. Johnson, 1999

= Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

= Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Turgeon et al., 1998

= Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Cummings & Mayer, 1997

= Megalonaias nervosaMulvey et al., 1997

= Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Howells et al., 1996

= Megalonaias nervosaLydeard et al., 1996

= Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque) — Williams et al., 1993

= Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Vidrine, 1993

= Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Cummings & Mayer, 1992

= Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Turgeon et al., 1988

= Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Oesch, 1984

+ Megalonaias gigantea (Barnes, 1823) — R.I. Johnson, 1980

+ Megalonaias gigantea (Barnes) — Mathiak, 1979

+ Burch, 1975

= Ligumia nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Haas, 1969

= Megalonaias nervosa Rafinesque, 1820 — Morrison, 1969

= Lampsilis (Ligumia) nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Frierson, 1927

+ Truncilla donaciformis (Lea, 1828) — Ortmann & Walker, 1922

+ Simpson, 1914

+ Simpson, 1900

+ Lea, 1870

= Unio nervosus Rafinesque — Küster, 1861

= Unio nervosus Raf. — Conrad, 1853

= Plagiola nervosaAgassiz, 1852

+ Lea, 1852

+ Lea, 1836

= Unio nervosus Raf. — Ferussac, 1835

= Unio (Leptodea) nervosaRafinesque, 1820

= Potamilus nervosus (Rafinesque, 1820) — Rafinesque, 1818

 
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