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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Gonideinae | Contradentini | Physunio superbus

nominal species Unio gravidus Lea, 1856

Unio gravidus Lea, 1856 = Physunio superbus

Lea, 1856. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8: 93.
Lea, 1857. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 3 [O. 6]: 292 [12], pl. 24, fig. 5.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_83935, Siam.

= Physunio superbus

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Physunio superbus (Lea, 1843) — Pfeiffer et al., 2021

+ Physunio superbus (Lea, 1843) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

+ Physunio superbus (Lea, 1843) — IUCN, 2011

+ Physunio superbus (Lea, 1841) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

+ Physunio superbus (Lea, 1843) — Brandt, 1974

+ Physunio (s.s.) superbus (Lea, 1843 [sic]) — Haas, 1969

= Physunio (s.s.) gravidus (Lea, 1856) — Haas, 1969

= Physunio (s.s.) gravidus (Lea) — Haas, 1952

= Physunio (s.s.) gravidus (Lea) — Thiele, 1934

= Physunio (s.s.) gravidus (Lea, 1856) — Haas, 1919

= Physunio (s.s.) gravidus (Lea, 1856) — Simpson, 1914

= Physunio (s.s.) gravidus (Lea) — Preston, 1912

= Physunio (s.s.) gravidus (Lea, 1856) — Simpson, 1900

= Unio gravidus Lea — Fischer, 1891

= Unio gravidus Lea, 1856 — Morlet, 1889

= Lampsilis gravidus Lea — Rochebrune, 1882

= Unio gravidus Lea — Morelet, 1875

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

= Unio gravidus Lea, 1856 — Sowerby, 1866

= Unio gravidus Lea — Martens, 1860