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nominal species Unio superbus Lea, 1843

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Unio superbus Lea, 1843 = Physunio superbus

Lea, 1843. [privately published sheet]: [1].
Lea, 1845. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 9 [O. 4]: 281, pl. 42, fig. 11.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_83934, New Holland.

Taxonomic Opinions

= Physunio superbus (Lea, 1843) — Campbell & Lydeard, 2026: 290.

= Physunio superbus (Lea, 1843) — Dai et al., 2025: Table 2.

= Physunio superbusDai et al., 2025: Table 1.

= Physunio superbus (Lea, 1843) — Chen et al., 2025: Table S3.

= Physunio superbusChen et al., 2025: Table 1.

= Physunio superbus (Lea, 1843) — Wu et al., 2024: 4, 7, Tables 1-2.

= Physunio superbus (Lea, 1843) — Liu et al., 2024: Table 2.

= Physunio superbusZieritz et al., 2024: Table S1.

= Physunio superbusMatos et al., 2024: 895.

= Physunio superbusMatos et al., 2024: 698.

= Physunio superbusWu et al., 2024: Tables S2-S3.

= Physunio superbus (Lea, 1843) — Jeratthitikul et al., 2024: Table S1.

= Physunio superbusDai et al., 2024: Table 2.

= Physunio superbusZhang et al., 2024: Fig. 5, Table S3.

= Physunio superbus (Lea, 1843) — Konopleva et al., 2023: 17, figs. 4I-J, Tables S1-S2.

= Physunio superbus (Lea, 1843) — Dai et al., 2023: 156, 157, Tables 1-2.

= Physunio superbusWu et al., 2023: Table 2.

= Physunio superbus (Lea, 1843) — Bolotov et al., 2022: Table S1.

= Physunio superbus (Lea, 1843) — Jeratthitikul et al., 2022: Table S1.

= Physunio superbus (Lea, 1843) — Pfeiffer et al., 2021: 421, figs. 1, 9, 10, 17-19.

= Physunio superbus (Lea, 1843) — Graf & Cummings, 2021: 25.

= Physunio superbus (Lea, 1843) — Jeratthitikul et al., 2021: 130.

= Physunio superbusZieritz et al., 2021: 3176.

= Physunio superbus (Lea, 1843) — Jeratthitikul et al., 2021: 125.

= Physunio superbusZieritz et al., 2021: 1091.

= Physunio superbusSahidin et al., 2021: 3762, fig. 7, sp. 50.

= Physunio superbus (Lea, 1843) — Bolotov et al., 2020: Table S1.

= Physunio superbusZieritz et al., 2020: 2243.

= Physunio superbus (Lea, 1843) — Huang et al., 2019: Table S4.

= Physunio superbus (Lea, 1843) — Konopleva et al., 2019: Table S2.

= Physunio superbus (Lea, 1843) — Jeratthitikul et al., 2019: 136.

= Physunio superbus (Lea, 1843) — Pfeiffer et al., 2019: 116.

= Physunio superbus (Lea, 1843) — Konopleva et al., 2019: 30.

= Physunio superbus (Lea, 1843) — Zieritz et al., 2018: online Table 1.

= Physunio superbus (Lea, 1843) — Do et al., 2018: 10, Table 2.

= Physunio superbus (Lea, 1843) — Razak et al., 2018: 459.

= Physunio superbus (Lea, 1843) — Bolotov et al., 2017: [12], Table S1.

= Physunio superbus (Lea, 1843) — Bolotov et al., 2017: Table S1.

= Physunio superbus (Lea, 1843) — Zieritz et al., 2016: 1071.

= Physunio superbus (Lea, 1843) — Bogan & Do, 2014: 114.

= Physunio superbus (Lea, 1843) — IUCN, 2011: [web].

= Physunio superbus Lea, 1843 — Bogan, 2010: [26].

= Physunio superbus (Lea, 1841) — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 311.

+ B.J. Smith, 1992: 22.

= Physunio superbusMarwoto, 1987: 306.

= Physunio superbus (Lea, 1843) — Brandt, 1974: 294, pl. 25, fig. 57.

= Physunio (s.s.) superbus (Lea, 1843 [sic]) — Haas, 1969: 89, 90.

= Physunio (s.s.) superbus (Lea, 1843) — Haas, 1920: 289, pl. 35, fig. 2.

= Physunio (s.s.) superbus (Lea, 1841) — Simpson, 1914: 1064.

= Physunio (s.s.) superbus (Lea, 1841) — Simpson, 1900: 830.

= Margaron (Unio) superbus (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 28.

= Unio superbus Lea, 1841 — Sowerby, 1867: pl. 59, sp. 295.

= Unio (Metaptera) superbus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857: 498.

= Margaron (Unio) superbus (Lea) — Lea, 1852: 19.