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Publication Sowerby (1868): summary
Full Citation
Sowerby, G.B. 1868. Monograph of the Genus Unio. Conchologica Iconica, or Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals 16: pls. 1, 61-96. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal Genera
Alasmodonta Say, 1819
‘Say’ of Authors.
Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [18].
Barnes, 1823. Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 275.
Say, 1825. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5(3-4): 131.
Férussac, 1827. Bull. Sci. Nat. et Géol. 10: 417.
Hildreth, 1828. Amer. J. Sci. 14: 289.
Lea, 1829. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3 [O. 1]: 421.
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 106.
Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(59-60): 25.
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 43.
Schlüter, 1838. Kurzgef. Syst. Verz. Conch. Samml.: 32.
Agassiz, 1852. Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 46.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 499.
Vest, 1866. Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Ver. Naturw. (17): 197.
Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 1.
(new name for Alasmidonta Say, 1818; renamed Anelasmodon Agassiz, 1846)
Type species: Unio undulata Say, 1817 = Alasmidonta undulata
Attributed Nominal Species
Unio jayensis var. aequillus Sowerby, 1868 = Elliptio pullata
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 67, sp. 343 [as ‘æquillus’].
(error for Unio aquilus Lea, 1857)
Unio affinis Sowerby, 1868 = Atlanticoncha ochracea
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 63, sp. 318.
(misidentified reference to Unio affinis Lea, 1852)
Unio affinis Sowerby, 1868 = Lampsilis siliquoidea
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 61, sp. 307.
(misidentified reference to Unio affinis Lea, 1852)
Unio asperatus Sowerby, 1868 = Pustulosa kieneriana
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 85, sp. 450.
(reference to Unio asperatus Lea, 1861)
Unio astieranus ‘Dupuy’ of Authors = Potomida littoralis
‘Dupuy’ of Authors.
Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 86, sp. 461.
Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 145.
(error for Unio astierianus Dupuy, 1849)
There are 10 available nominal species attributed to this publication (74 total).
Unio atrocostatus Sowerby, 1868 = Megalonaias nervosa
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 77, sp. 404.
(misidentified reference to Unio atrocostatus Lea, 1845)
Unio calamitarum Sowerby, 1868 = Nephronaias calamitarum
‘Morelet’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 74, sp. 385.
(reference to Unio calamitarum Morelet, 1849)
Unio capigliolo ‘Payraudeau’ of Authors = Unio crassus
‘Payraudeau’ of Authors.
Küster, 1855. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 125, pl. 34, figs. 5-6. [in part]
Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 75, sp. 392.
(misidentified reference to Unio capigliolo Payraudeau, 1826)
Unio charruanus Sowerby, 1868 = Diplodon rhuacoicus
‘d’Orbigny’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 93, sp. 505.
(misidentified reference to Unio charruana d’Orbigny, 1835)
Unio churchilleanus Sowerby, 1868 = Pseudodontopsis euphratica
‘Bourguignat’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 96, sp. 525.
(error for Unio churchillianus Bourguignat, 1857)
Unio cinnamominus Sowerby, 1868 = Pleurobema perovatum
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 83, sp. 436.
(error for Unio cinnamomicus Lea, 1861)
Unio clairbornensis Sowerby, 1868 = Lampsilis straminea
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 70, sp. 357.
(error for Unio claibornensis Lea, 1838)
Unio connasaughensis Sowerby, 1868 = Pseudodontoideus connasaugaensis
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 88, sp. 474.
(error for Margaritana connasaugaensis Lea, 1858)
Unio contortus Sowerby, 1868 = Aculamprotula tortuosa
‘Baird & Adams’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: errata.
(error for Unio (Lampsilis) subtortus Baird & Adams, 1867)
Unio corrianus Sowerby, 1868 = Lamellidens marginalis
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 77, sp. 401.
(misidentified reference to Unio corrianus Lea, 1834)
Unio crassidens Sowerby, 1868 = Ortmanniana ligamentina
‘Lamarck’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 62, sp. 312.
(reference to Unio crassidens Lamarck, 1819)
Unio crassus Sowerby, 1868 = Elliptio crassidens
‘Say’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 95, sp. 520.
(misidentified reference to Unio crassus Say, 1817)
Unio cuprinus Sowerby, 1868 = Popenaias metallica
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 66, sp. 336.
(reference to Unio cuprinus Lea, 1831)
Margaritana curreyana ‘Lea’ of Authors = Pegias fabula
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: pl. 18, fig. 40.
Agassiz, 1852. Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 47.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 42.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 263.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 499.
Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 63, sp. 319.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 68.
B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [6].
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 661.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 474.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 21.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 395.
(error for Margaritana curreyiana Lea, 1840)
Unio digitiformis Sowerby, 1868 = Diplodon parallelopipedon
Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 65, sp. 333.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965199, India.
Unio discus Sowerby, 1868 = Elliptio crassidens
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 62, sp. 310; errata.
(misidentified reference to Unio discus Lea, 1838)
Unio dorbignianus Sowerby, 1868 = Castalia orbignyi
‘Hupé & Deville’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 96, sp. 523 [as ‘d’orbignianus’].
(error for Unio orbignyi Deville & Hupé, 1850)
Unio downei Sowerby, 1868 = Elliptio downiei
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 68, sp. 350.
(error for Unio downiei Lea, 1858)
Unio ellipticus ‘Spix & Wagner’ of Authors = Diplodon ellipticus
‘Spix & Wagner’ of Authors.
Küster, 1861. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 238, pl. 80, fig. 2.
‘Spix’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 74, sp. 382.
(reference to Diplodon ellipticum Spix in Wagner, 1827)
Physunio friersoni Simpson, 1914 = Lamellidens friersoni
‘Benson, in Hanley’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 72, sp. 368 [as ‘Unio velaris’].
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1068.
(new name for Unio velaris ‘Benson, in Hanley’ Sowerby, 1868)
Unio holstonianus Sowerby, 1868 = Alasminota holstonia
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 76, sp. 398.
(error for Margaritana holstonia Lea, 1838)
Unio hopetownensis Sowerby, 1868 = Elliptio hopetonensis
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 68, sp. 349.
(error for Unio hopetonensis Lea, 1838)
Unio jejunus Sowerby, 1868 = Elliptio complanata
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 68, sp. 347; errata [changed to ‘depressus of D’Orbigny’].
(reference to Unio jejunus Lea, 1838)
Unio lamellatus Sowerby, 1868 = Lamellidens generosus
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 94, sp. 511.
(misidentified reference to Unio lamellatus Lea, 1838)
Unio latissimus Sowerby, 1868 = Lampsilis cardium
Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 66, sp. 337.
(homonym of Unio (Eurynia) latissima Rafinesque, 1820)
Unio lazarus Sowerby, 1868 = Elliptio arca
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 68, sp. 348.
(misidentified reference to Unio lazarus Lea, 1852)
Unio litoralis ‘Lamarck’ of Authors = Potomida littoralis
‘Lamarck’ of Authors.
Menke, 1828. Syn. Method. Moll.: 64.
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 107.
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 32.
Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 22.
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 282.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 34.
Rossmässler, 1854. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 3 (1-2): 37.
Küster, 1855. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 128.
Reeve, 1865. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 22, sp. 98.
Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 86, sp. 461.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 54.
Woodward, 1871. Man. Moll: 433.
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 52.
(error for Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798)
Unio luteolus Sowerby, 1868 = Lampsilis siliquoidea
Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 61, sp. 306; errata [originally as U. multiradiata].
Krebs et al., 2003. J. Gr. Lakes Res. 29(2): 311.
Krebs, 2004. Molec. Ecol. 13: 1702.
(misidentified reference to Unio luteola Lamarck, 1819)
Unio lutulentus Sowerby, 1868 = Echyridella menziesii
‘Gould’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 74, sp. 386.
(reference to Unio lutulentus Gould, 1850)
Unio multiradiatus Sowerby, 1868 = Lampsilis siliquoidea
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 61, sp. 306; errata [changed to ‘U. luteolus, var.’].
(misidentified reference to Unio multiradiatus Lea, 1829; error for Unio luteola Lamarck, 1819)
Unio neglectus Sowerby, 1868 = Elliptio complanata
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 65, sp. 329.
(misidentified reference to Unio neglectus Lea, 1843)
Unio niloticus Sowerby, 1868 = Diplodon granosus
‘Caillaud’ [sic] Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 73, sp. 374.
(misidentified reference to Unio niloticus Cailliaud, 1827)
Unio nyassensis ‘Lea’ of Authors = Nyassunio nyassaensis
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: Errata.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 30.
(error for Unio nyassaensis Lea, 1864)
Unio oriens Sowerby, 1868 = Lampsilis teres
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 63, sp. 314.
(misidentified reference to Unio oriens Lea, 1831)
Unio parma Sowerby, 1868 = Leoparreysia tavoyensis
‘Benson’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 95, sp. 514.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) BMNH_88-12-4-1669, Tenasserim, Burma.
Unio pictus Sowerby, 1868 = Ortmanniana ligamentina
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 63, sp. 316.
(misidentified reference to Unio pictus Lea, 1834)
Unio platyrrhinchoideus Sowerby, 1868 = Unio pictorum
‘Dupuy’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 70, sp. 358.
(error for Unio platyrinchoideus Dupuy, 1849)
Psoronaias plexoideus Frierson, 1927
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 64, sp. 324; errata [as ‘Unio rusticus’].
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 63, sp. 273.
(new name for Unio rusticus Sowerby, 1868)
Type(s): TYPE LOST BMNH_XXX, Siam.
Unio prevostianus Sowerby, 1868 = Villosa vibex
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 63, sp. 315.
(reference to Unio prevostianus Lea, 1852)
Unio rectilinearis Sowerby, 1868 = Unio caffer
Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 65, sp. 332.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_74-12-11-4, Riv. Columbia.
Unio regularis Sowerby, 1868 = Lampsilis straminea
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 68, sp. 351.
(misidentified reference to Unio regularis Lea, 1841)
Unio roanoakensis ‘Lea’ of Authors = Elliptio roanokensis
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 199.
Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 67, sp. 341.
(error for Unio roanokensis Lea, 1838)
Unio rubellianus Sowerby, 1868 = Medionidus acutissimus
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 90, sp. 490.
(error for Unio rubellinus Lea, 1857)
Unio rusticus Sowerby, 1868
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 64, sp. 324; errata.
(homonym of Unio rusticus Lea, 1856; renamed Psoronaias plexoideus Frierson, 1927)
Type(s): TYPE LOST BMNH_XXX, Siam.
Unio sagrinatus Sowerby, 1868 = Arotonaias cyrenoides
Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 67, sp. 345; errata [changed to ‘U. newcombianus Lea’].
Alasmidonta schomburgki Sowerby, 1868 = Monocondylaea paraguayana
‘Hanley MS’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 86, sp. 458.
(intro'd as syn of Unio (Monocondylea) reticulata Moricand, 1858)
Unio scutum Sowerby, 1868 = Trapezidens scutum
‘Benson’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 94, sp. 510.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) BMNH_1907-10-28-239, Tenasserim.
Unio shurtefflerianus Sowerby, 1868 = Indonaia shurtleffiana
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 95, sp. 515.
(error for Unio shurtleffianus Lea, 1856)
Unio siculus Sowerby, 1868 = Unio mancus
‘Swainson’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 71, sp. 364.
(misidentified reference to Potomida sicula Swainson, 1840)
Lampsilis (s.s.) sowerbyana Frierson, 1927 = Ortmanniana ligamentina
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 63, sp. 316 [as ‘Unio pictus’].
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 69, sp. 308.
Unio spatulatus Sowerby, 1868 = Cambarunio simus
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 65, sp. 328.
(misidentified reference to Unio spatulatus Lea, 1845)
Unio spillmannii Sowerby, 1868 = Pseudodontoideus subvexus
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 82, pl. 435.
(error for Margaritana spillmanii Lea, 1858)
Unio striatus Sowerby, 1868 = Leaunio vanuxemensis
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 78, sp. 407.
(misidentified reference to Unio striatus Lea, 1840)
Unio subangulatus Sowerby, 1868 = Villosa vibex
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 65, sp. 327.
(misidentified reference to Unio subangulatus Lea, 1840)
Unio subovatus Sowerby, 1868 = Lampsilis cardium
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 85, sp. 456.
(reference to Unio subovatus Lea, 1831)
Unio swainsoni Sowerby, 1868 = Alasmidonta undulata
‘Hanley’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 76, sp. 396.
(new name for Uniopsis radiata Swainson, 1840; new name for Uniopsis mytiloides Swainson, 1840)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1900-3-19-21, Hab._?
Unio taitanus Sowerby, 1868 = Obovaria olivaria
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 67, sp. 338.
(misidentified reference to Unio taitianus Lea, 1834; error for Unio taitianus Lea, 1834)
Unio tortuosus Sowerby, 1868 = Elliptio complanata
Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 65, sp. 330.
(homonym of Unio tortuosus Lea, 1865)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) BMNH_74-12-11-25, Maryland.
Unio trigonus Sowerby, 1868 = Fusconaia flava
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 64, sp. 322; errata.
(reference to Unio trigonus Lea, 1831)
Unio trinacris ‘Lea’ of Authors = Ptychobranchus foremanianus
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: pl. 12, fig. 235.
Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 81, sp. 428.
(error for Unio trinacrus Lea, 1861)
Unio trirostris Sowerby, 1868 = Indonaia caerulea
‘Benson’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 65, sp. 331; errata.
(homonym of Unio trirostris Musgrave, 1863)
Unio troostensis Sowerby, 1868 = Venustaconcha trabalis
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 79, sp. 415.
(misidentified reference to Unio troostensis Lea, 1834)
Unio vaughanianus Sowerby, 1868 = Sagittunio nasutus
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 61, sp. 308.
(misidentified reference to Unio vaughanianus Lea, 1838)
Unio velaris ‘Benson, in Hanley’ Sowerby, 1868 = Lamellidens friersoni
‘Benson, in Hanley’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 72, sp. 368.
(misidentified reference to Unio velaris Hanley, 1856)
Unio venustus Sowerby, 1868 = Ortmanniana ligamentina
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 64, sp. 326.
(misidentified reference to Unio venustus Lea, 1838)
Unio verrauianus Sowerby, 1868 = Unio caffer
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 69, sp. 352.
(error for Unio verreauianus Lea, 1856)
Unio verrucosus ‘Rafinesque’ of Authors = Quadrula verrucosa
‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
‘Rafinesque’ Say, 1834. Amer. Conch. 6: ??.
‘Rafinesque’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 1, sp. 4.
(reference to Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) verrucosa Rafinesque, 1820)
Unio vondembuschii Sowerby, 1868 = Pseudodon inoscularis
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 95, sp. 518.
(error for Margaritana vondenbuschiana Lea, 1840; misidentified reference to Margaritana vondenbuschiana Lea, 1840)
Unio wynegungensis Sowerby, 1868 = Parreysia corrugata
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 67, sp. 339.
(error for Unio wynegungaensis Lea, 1860)
Taxonomic Opinions
Unio affinis Lea, 1852 = Lampsilis straminea
Unio alabamensis (Lea, 1861) = Pseudodontoideus connasaugaensis
Unio ambiguus Philippi, 1847 = Velesunio ambiguus
Unio amoenus Lea, 1840 = Cambarunio iris
Unio angustatus Lea, 1831 = Elliptio angustata
There are 292 species taxonomic opinions attributed to this publication.
Unio aratus Lea = Micronaias arata
Unio arctior Lea, 1838 = Eurynia dilatata
Unio asperatus Lea, 1861 = Pustulosa kieneriana
Unio astieranus [sic] Dupuy, 1850 = Potomida littoralis
+ Unio cuneatus Rossmässler, 1854
Unio atrocostatus Lea, 1848 = Amblema plicata
Unio aureus Lea, 1859 = Pustulosa pustulosa
Unio biangulatus Lea, 1842 = Ortmanniana pectorosa
Unio bilineatus (Lea, 1831) = Lamellidens marginalis
Unio blandianus Lea, 1856 = Quadrula quadrula
Unio bonellii Férussac in Rossmässl. = Microcondylaea bonellii
+ Unio depressa C. Pfeiffer, 1825
+ Alasmodonta compressa Menke, 1830
Unio bonneaudi Eydoux, 1838 = Indonaia bonneaudii + Indonaia shurtleffiana
+ Unio shurtleffianus Lea, 1856
Unio boykinianus Lea, 1840 = Megalonaias nervosa
Unio bulloides Lea, 1859 = Diplodon variabilis
Unio caeruleus form trirostris ‘Benson’ Sowerby, 1868 = Indonaia caerulea
Unio calamitarum Morelet, 1849 = Nephronaias calamitarum
Unio calceola Lea, 1828 = Sulcularia viridis
+ Alasmodonta truncata Conrad, 1834
Unio caldwellii Lea, 1858 = Nephronaias caldwellii
Unio camptodon Say, 1832 = Uniomerus tetralasmus
+ Unio declivis Conrad, 1836
+ Unio sayii Ward in Tappan, 1839
Unio capigliolo Payraudeau, 1826 = Unio mancus
Unio cerinus Conrad, 1838 = Fusconaia cerina
Unio charruanus d’Orbigny, 1835 = Diplodon charruanus
+ Unio faba d’Orbigny, 1835
Unio churchilleanus [sic] Bourguignat, 1857 = Pseudodontopsis euphratica
Unio cinnamominus [sic] (Lea, 1861) = Pleurobema perovatum
Unio clairbornensis [sic] Lea, 1838 = Lampsilis straminea
Unio clava Lamarck, 1819 = Pleurobema clava
Unio coccineus Lea, 1838 = Pleurobema sintoxia
+ Unio catillus Conrad, 1836
Unio compressa (Lea, 1829) = Platynaias compressa
Unio concavus Lea, 1852 = Villosa delumbis
Unio concolor Lea, 1861 = Pleurobema perovatum
Unio connasaughensis [sic] (Lea, 1858) = Pseudodontoideus connasaugaensis
Unio consanguineus Lea, 1861 = Pleurobema decisum
Unio constrictus Conrad, 1838 = Venustaconcha constricta
Unio cordatus ‘Raf.’ Conrad, 1836 = Fusconaia flava
Unio corrianus Lea, 1834 = Lamellidens corrianus
Unio corrientesensis (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Monocondylaea corrientesensis
Unio corrugatus (Müller, 1774) = Parreysia corrugata
+ Mya spuria Gmelin, 1791
Unio corvus Lea, 1859 = Elliptio congaraea
Unio costulatus Moricand, 1858 = Monocondylaea costulata
Unio couchianus (Lea, 1860) = Quadrula couchiana
Unio crassidens Lamarck, 1819 = Ortmanniana ligamentina
Unio crassus Say, 1817 = Ortmanniana ligamentina
Unio crebristriatus (Anthony, 1865) = Indopseudodon crebristriatus
Unio cuprinus Lea, 1831 = Popenaias metallica
Unio curreyana [sic] (Lea, 1840) = Pegias fabula
Unio d’orbignianus [sic] Deville & Hupé, 1850 = Castalia orbignyi
Unio dariensis Lea, 1842 = Elliptio dariensis
Unio decoratus Lea, 1852 = Platynaias decorata
Unio decumbens Lea, 1861 = Elliptio complanata
Unio dehiscens Say, 1829 = Hemistena lata
+ Unio oriens Lea, 1831
Unio deltoideus (Lea, 1838) = Sulcularia viridis
Unio depressa d’Orbigny, 1835 = Diplodon chilensis
+ Unio auratus Philippi, 1847
Unio digitiformis Sowerby, 1868 = Diplodon parallelopipedon
Unio discus Lea, 1838 = Disconaias disca
Unio downei [sic] Lea, 1858 = Elliptio downiei
Unio dunkerianus Lea, 1856 = Diplodon ellipticus
Unio duttonianus Lea, 1841 = Elliptio lanceolata
Unio ebenus Lea, 1831 = Reginaia ebenus
Unio elegans Lea, 1831 = Truncilla truncata
+ Unio truncatus Say, 1834
Unio ellipsis Lea, 1828 = Obovaria olivaria
Unio ellipticus Spix = Diplodon ellipticus + Diplodon granosus
+ Unio psammactinus Philippi, 1848
Unio elongatulus ‘Mühlf.’ Rossmässler, 1835 = Unio elongatulus + Unio mancus
+ Unio requienii Michaud, 1831
Unio elongatus Lamarck, 1819 = Margaritifera margaritifera
Unio emarginatus Lea, 1834 = Unio mancus
Unio excavatus Lea, 1857 = Lampsilis ornata
Unio eximius Lea, 1856 = Lens eximius
Unio fabula (Lea, 1838) = Pegias fabula
Unio falcatus (Gould, 1850) = Margaritifera falcata
Unio fallax Lea, 1857 = Leaunio lienosus
Unio famelicus Gould, 1850 = Diplodon granosus
Unio favosus Lea, 1856 = Pleurobema georgianum
Unio folliculatus Lea, 1838 = Elliptio folliculata
Unio fontaineanus [sic] d’Orbigny, 1843 = Diplodon fontainianus + Diplodon rotundus
+ Unio rotundus Moricand, 1838
Unio forbesianus Lea, 1852 = Elliptio congaraea
Unio fossiculiferus (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Fossula fossiculifera
Unio fulvus Lea, 1834 = Elliptio congaraea
Unio gesnerii Lea, 1874 = Pseudodontoideus subvexus
Unio gibbosus Barnes, 1823 = Eurynia dilatata
Unio glaber Lea, 1838 = Cambarunio iris
Unio glebulus Say, 1831 = Glebula rotundata
+ Unio subglobosus Lea, 1834
Unio gratus Lea, 1860 = Diplodon gratus
Unio griffithianus Lea, 1834 = Elliptio complanata
Unio guarayana d’Orbigny, 1835 = Monocondylaea guarayana
Unio heermanni Lea, 1862 = Cyrtonaias berlandierii
Unio higginsii Lea, 1857 = Lampsilis higginsii
Unio hochstetteri Dunker, 1862 = Echyridella menziesii
Unio holstonianus [sic] (Lea, 1838) = Alasminota holstonia
Unio hopetownensis [sic] Lea, 1838 = Elliptio hopetonensis
Unio houstonensis Lea, 1859 = Pustulosa pustulosa
Unio hylaeus d’Orbigny, 1835 = Diplodon hylaeus + Diplodon guaranianus
+ Unio guaraniana d’Orbigny, 1835
Unio isocardioides (Lea, 1856) = Iheringella isocardiodes
Unio japanensis Lea, 1859 = Pronodularia japanensis
Unio javanus Lea, 1840 = Lens contradens
+ Unio mutatus Mousson, 1849
Unio jayensis var. æquillus [sic] Lea, 1857 = Elliptio pullata
Unio kirtlandianus Lea, 1834 = Fusconaia subrotunda
Unio lamarckianus Lea, 1852 = Cyprogenia aberti
+ Unio aberti Conrad, 1850
Unio lamellatus Lea, 1838 = Lamellidens lamellatus
Unio lampreyanus Baird & Adams, 1867 = Schistodesmus lampreyanus
Unio latissimus Sowerby, 1868 = Lampsilis cardium
Unio lazarus Lea, 1852 = Elliptio arctata
Unio lienosus Conrad, 1834 = Leaunio lienosus
Unio lineatus Lea, 1840 = Lampsilis binominata
Unio lugubris Lea, 1838 = Elliptio icterina
Unio luteolus Lamarck, 1819 = Lampsilis radiata
Unio lutulentus Gould, 1851 = Echyridella menziesii
Unio macrodon Lea, 1859 = Truncilla macrodon
Unio margaritiferus (Linnaeus, 1758) = Margaritifera margaritifera
Unio medius Lea, 1861 = Pleurobema georgianum
Unio melinus (Conrad, 1838) = Lampsilis radiata
Unio minuanus (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Monocondylaea minuana + Monocondylaea parchappii
+ Unio (Monocondylaea) parchappii d’Orbigny, 1835
Unio mouhotianus [sic] (Lea, 1866) = Bineurus mouhotii
Unio multiradiatus Lea, 1829 = Lampsilis fasciola
+ Unio fasciolus ‘Rafinesque’ of Authors
+ Unio ligamentinus Deshayes, 1835
Unio multistriatus Lea, 1831 = Diplodon multistriatus
Unio natalensis Lea, 1864 = Unio caffer
Unio neglectus Lea, 1841 = Platynaias subviridis
Unio newcombianus Lea, 1856 = Arotonaias cyrenoides
+ Unio sagrinatus Sowerby, 1868
Unio niger Conrad (as of Raf.) = Elliptio crassidens
Unio niloticus Cailliaud, 1827 = Coelatura aegyptiaca + Indonaia olivaria
+ Unio pumilio Küster, 1862
+ Unio parreyssi Philippi, 1848
Unio nodulosus (Wood, 1815) = Aculamprotula nodulosa + Aculamprotula grandidens
+ Mya nodulosa Wood, 1815
+ Unio grandidens Lea, 1862
Unio nux persicus Dunker, 1848 = Nodularia nuxpersicae
Unio nyassensis [sic] Lea, 1864 = Nyassunio nyassaensis
+ Unio nyassae Sowerby, 1866
Unio occatus Lea, 1860 = Indonaia gratiosa
Unio ochraceus Say, 1817 = Atlanticoncha ochracea
Unio oregonensis Lea, 1852
Unio oriens Lea, 1831 = Hemistena lata
Unio orientalis Lea, 1840 = Elongaria orientalis
+ Unio productus Mousson, 1849
Unio osbecki Philippi, 1844 = Nodularia douglasiae
+ Unio douglasiae Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833
Unio parallelopipedon Lea, 1834 = Diplodon parallelopipedon
Unio parma ‘Benson’ Sowerby, 1868 = Leoparreysia tavoyensis
Unio pazii Lea, 1862 = Ensidens ingallsianus
Unio peguensis Anthony, 1865 = Yaukthwa peguensis
Unio pellis-lacerti Morelet, 1865 = Scabies scobinatus + Scabies crispata
+ Unio crispata Gould, 1843
Unio peraeformis Lea, 1860 = Diplodon peraeformis
Unio perdix Lea, 1834 = Ortmanniana pectorosa
Unio perstriatus Lea, 1852 = Elliptio arctata
Unio phaseolus Hildreth, 1828 = Ptychobranchus fasciolaris
+ Unio planulatus Lea, 1829
Unio pictus Lea, 1834 = Cambarunio taeniatus
Unio piger Lea, 1860 = Diplodon uruguayensis
Unio plantii Lea, 1857 = Elliptio fumata
Unio platyrrhinchoideus [sic] Dupuy, 1849 = Unio pictorum
Unio plenus Lea, 1840 = Pleurobema plenum
Unio pliciferus Lea, 1838 = Sphenonaias plexus
+ Unio carbonarius Lea, 1838
+ Unio plexus Conrad, 1838
Unio poeyanus Lea, 1857 = Nephritica poeyana
Unio popei Lea, 1857 = Popenaias popeii
Unio powellii Lea, 1852 = Lampsilis powellii
Unio prevostianus Lea, 1852 = Villosa vibex
Unio propinquus Lea, 1857 = Epioblasma propinqua
Unio psammoicus d’Orbigny, 1835 = Castalia psammoica
Unio pudicus Lea, 1860 = Pleuronaia barnesiana
Unio pugio Benson, 1862 = Indochinella pugio
Unio pullatus Lea, 1856 = Elliptio pullata
Unio purpureus Say, 1817 = Elliptio complanata + Elliptio congaraea
+ Mya complanata Lightfoot, 1786
+ Unio fuliginosus Lea, 1845
+ Unio sordidus Lea, 1852
+ Unio purpurascens Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio rhombula Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio carinifera Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio georgina Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio glabrata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio sulcidens Lamarck, 1819
Unio pyramidatus Lea, 1831 = Pleurobema sintoxia
Unio ravistellus Morelet, 1849 = Nephronaias ravistella
Unio rectilinearis Sowerby, 1868 = Unio caffer
Unio regularis Lea, 1841 = Cambarunio iris
Unio reniformis ‘Schmidt’ Rossmässler, 1836 = Unio nanus
Unio reticulatus Moricand, 1858 = Monocondylaea jaspidea + Monocondylaea paraguayana
+ Alasmidonta schomburgki Sowerby, 1868
Unio retusus Lamarck, 1819 = Obovaria retusa
+ Obovaria torsa Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio obtusa Cuvier, 1817
Unio rhomboideus (Lea, 1859) = Pseudodontopsis euphratica
Unio riddellii Lea, 1862 = Pleurobema riddellii
Unio roanoakensis [sic] Lea, 1838 = Elliptio roanokensis
Unio rotundus Spix = Diplodon rotundus
Unio rowellii Lea, 1859 = Nephronaias rowellii
Unio rubellianus [sic] Lea, 1857 = Medionidus acutissimus
Unio rufusculus Lea, 1852 = Elliptio congaraea
Unio rusticus Lea, 1856 = Lens contradens
+ Unio tumidulus Lea, 1856
Unio sagittiformis Lea, 1852 = Elliptio lanceolata
Unio salwenianus (Gould, 1844) = Indopseudodon salwenianus
Unio sandrii ‘Villa’ Rossmässler, 1844 = Unio elongatulus
Unio sapotalensis Lea, 1841 = Actinonaias sapotalensis
Unio satur Lea, 1852 = Lampsilis satura
Unio scobinatus Lea, 1856 = Scabies scobinatus
Unio scutum ‘Benson’ Sowerby, 1868 = Trapezidens scutum
Unio securis Lea, 1829 = Ellipsaria lineolata
+ Obliquaria (Plagiola) depressa Rafinesque, 1820
Unio showalterii Lea, 1860 = Pleurobema hartmanianum
Unio siculus (Swainson, 1840) = Unio elongatulus + Unio mancus
+ Unio turtonii Payraudeau, 1826
Unio sikkimensis Lea, 1859 = Parreysia corrugata
Unio sinuata Lamarck, 1819 = Pseudunio auricularius + Margaritifera margaritifera
+ Unio roissyi Michaud, 1831
+ Unio elongata Michaud, 1831
Unio solisianus d’Orbigny, 1835 = Diplodon solisianus
Unio spatulatus Lea, 1845 = Venustaconcha ellipsiformis
Unio speciosus Lea, 1862 = Quadrula quadrula
Unio spillmannii [sic] (Lea, 1858) = Pseudodontoideus subvexus
Unio spissus Lea, 1859 = Elliptio downiei
Unio stonensis Lea, 1840 = Eurynia dilatata
Unio stramineus Conrad, 1834 = Lampsilis straminea
Unio striatissimus Anthony, J.G., 1865 = Pleurobema oviforme
Unio striatulus Lea, 1857 = Fusconaia masoni
Unio striatus Lea, 1840 = Pleurobema pyriforme
Unio subangulatus Lea, 1840 = Hamiota subangulata
Unio subtentus Say, 1825 = Ptychobranchus subtentus
Unio subtortus Baird & Adams, 1867 = Aculamprotula tortuosa
Unio swainsoni ‘Hanley’ Sowerby, 1868 = Alasmidonta undulata
+ Uniopsis mytiloides Swainson, 1840
+ Uniopsis radiata Swainson, 1840
Unio taitanus [sic] Lea, 1834 = Pleurobema taitianum
Unio teretiusculus Philippi, 1847 = Nitia teretiuscula
+ Margarita (Unio) cailliaudii Lea, 1836
+ Unio lithophagus Philippi, 1847
Unio tientsinensis Crosse & Debeaux, 1863 = Aculamprotula tientsinensis
Unio tortuosus Sowerby, 1868 = Elliptio complanata
Unio triangularis Barnes, 1823 = Epioblasma triquetra
+ Unio formosus Lea, 1831
Unio triangulata (Lea, 1858) = Alasmidonta triangulata
Unio trigonus Lea, 1831 = Fusconaia flava
+ Unio undatus Barnes, 1823
Unio trinacris [sic] Lea, 1861 = Ptychobranchus foremanianus
Unio troostensis Lea, 1834 = Venustaconcha troostensis + Venustaconcha trabalis
+ Unio trabalis Conrad, 1834
Unio truncatus Swainson, 1823 = Unio tigridis
Unio tumidulus Lea, 1856 = Lens contradens
Unio undulatus Say, 1817 = Alasmidonta undulata
+ Alasmodonta sculptilis Say, 1829
+ Unio hians Valenciennes, 1827
+ Unio glabratus G.B. Sowerby, 1821
Unio uruguayensis Lea, 1860 = Diplodon uruguayensis
Unio variabilis (Maton, 1811) = Diplodon variabilis
+ Unio membranacea Hanley, 1843
Unio vaughanianus Lea, 1838 = Sagittunio vaughanianus
Unio velaris ‘Benson MS’ Hanley, 1856 = Physunio superbus
Unio venustus Lea, 1838 = Venustaconcha ellipsiformis
Unio verrauianus [sic] Lea, 1856 = Unio caffer
Unio verrucosa (Rafinesque, 1820) = Quadrula verrucosa
+ Unio tuberculatus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio (Theliderma) pustulata Swainson, 1840
Unio vondembuschii [sic] (Lea, 1840) = Pseudodon vondembuschianus
Unio vondenbuschianus (Lea, 1840) = Pseudodon vondembuschianus
+ Alasmodonta crispata Mousson, 1849
+ Alasmodonta zollingeri Mousson, 1849
Unio wardii Lea, 1862 = Theliderma metanevra
Unio wheatleyanus Lea, 1856 = Diplodon burroughianus
Unio wilsonii Lea, 1859 = Velesunio wilsonii
Unio wymanii Lea, 1860 = Diplodon wymanii
Unio wynegungensis [sic] Lea, 1860 = Parreysia corrugata
