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nominal species Unio velaris Hanley, 1856

Unio velaris Hanley, 1856 = Physunio superbus

specimen image from publication‘Benson, MS’ Hanley, 1856. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 385, pl. 23, fig. 42.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Physunio superbus (Lea, 1843) — Pfeiffer et al., 2021: 422.

+ Physunio superbus (Lea, 1843) — Brandt, 1974: 294.

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

= Physunio (Lens) velaris (Hanley) — Prashad, 1932: 177.

+ Physunio (s.s.) superbus (Lea, 1843) — Haas, 1920: 289.

+ Physunio (sec. Lens) velaris (Sowerby, 1868) — Preston, 1915: 149.

+ 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 velaris ‘Benson MS’ Hanley, 1856 — Sowerby, 1868: pl. 72, sp. 368.

= Unio velaris Benson, MS — Hanley, 1856: 385, pl. 23, fig. 42.