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 Publication Sowerby (1868): attributed nominal speciespublication summary
 Complete CitationSowerby, G.B. 1868. Genus Unio. Conchologica Iconica 16: pls. 1, 61-96. Available electronically. Attributed Nominal Species| Alasmidonta schomburgki Sowerby, 1868‘Hanley MS’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 86, sp. 458.
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 | Lampsilis (s.s.) sowerbyana Frierson, 1927‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 63, sp. 316 [as ‘Unio pictus’].
 Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 69, sp. 308.
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 | Margaritana curreyana Lea, 1842‘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.
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 | Physunio friersoni Simpson, 1914‘Benson, in Hanley’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 72, sp. 368 [as ‘Unio velaris’].
 Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1068.
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 | 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.
 Type(s): TYPE LOST BMNH_XXX, Siam.
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 | Unio affinis Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 63, sp. 318. |  |
 | Unio affinis Sowerby, 1868‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 61, sp. 307.
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 | Unio asperatus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 85, sp. 450. |  |
 | Unio astieranus Sowerby, 1868‘Dupuy’  of Authors.
 
  Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 86, sp. 461. Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 145.
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 | Unio atrocostatus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 77, sp. 404. |  |
 | Unio calamitarum Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Morelet’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 74, sp. 385. |  |
 | Unio capigliolo Küster, 1855‘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.
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 | Unio charruanus Sowerby, 1868‘d’Orbigny’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 93, sp. 505.
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 | Unio churchilleanus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Bourguignat’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 96, sp. 525. |  |
 | Unio cinnamominus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 83, sp. 436. |  |
 | Unio clairbornensis Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 70, sp. 357. |  |
 | Unio connasaughensis Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 88, sp. 474. |  |
 | Unio contortus Sowerby, 1868‘Baird & Adams’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: errata.
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 | Unio corrianus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 77, sp. 401. |  |
 | Unio crassidens Sowerby, 1868‘Lamarck’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 62, sp. 312.
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 | Unio crassus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Say’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 95, sp. 520. |  |
 | Unio cuprinus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 66, sp. 336. |  |
 | Unio digitiformis Sowerby, 1868
   Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 65, sp. 333. Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965199, India.
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 | Unio discus Sowerby, 1868‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 62, sp. 310; errata.
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 | Unio dorbignianus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Hupé & Deville’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 96, sp. 523 [as ‘d’orbignianus’]. |  |
 | Unio downei Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 68, sp. 350. |  |
 | Unio ellipticus Küster, 1861‘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.
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 | Unio holstonianus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 76, sp. 398. |  |
 | Unio hopetownensis Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 68, sp. 349. |  |
 | Unio jejunus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 68, sp. 347; errata [changed to ‘depressus of D’Orbigny’]. |  |
 | Unio lamellatus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 94, sp. 511. |  |
 | Unio latissimus Sowerby, 1868
  Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 66, sp. 337. |  |
 | Unio lazarus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 68, sp. 348. |  |
 | Unio litoralis Menke, 1828‘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.
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 | Unio luteolus Sowerby, 1868Sowerby, 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.
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 | Unio lutulentus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Gould’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 74, sp. 386. |  |
 | Unio multiradiatus Sowerby, 1868‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 61, sp. 306; errata [changed to ‘U. luteolus, var.’].
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 | Unio neglectus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 65, sp. 329. |  |
 | Unio niloticus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Caillaud’ [sic] Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 73, sp. 374. |  |
 | Unio nyassensis Sowerby, 1868‘Lea’  of Authors.
 Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: Errata.
 Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 30.
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 | Unio oriens Sowerby, 1868‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 63, sp. 314.
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 | Unio parma Sowerby, 1868
   ‘Benson’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 95, sp. 514. Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) BMNH_88-12-4-1669, Tenasserim, Burma.
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 | Unio pictus Sowerby, 1868‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 63, sp. 316.
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 | Unio platyrrhinchoideus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Dupuy’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 70, sp. 358. |  |
 | Unio prevostianus Sowerby, 1868‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 63, sp. 315.
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 | Unio rectilinearis Sowerby, 1868
   Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 65, sp. 332. Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_74-12-11-4, Riv. Columbia.
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 | Unio regularis Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 68, sp. 351. |  |
 | Unio roanoakensis Hanley, 1843‘Lea’  of Authors.
 Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 199.
 
  Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 67, sp. 341. |  |
 | Unio rubellianus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 90, sp. 490. |  |
 | Unio rusticus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 64, sp. 324; errata. Type(s): TYPE LOST BMNH_XXX, Siam.
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 | Unio sagrinatus Sowerby, 1868
  Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 67, sp. 345; errata [changed to ‘U. newcombianus Lea’]. |  |
 | Unio scutum Sowerby, 1868
   ‘Benson’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 94, sp. 510. Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) BMNH_1907-10-28-239, Tenasserim.
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 | Unio shurtefflerianus Sowerby, 1868‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 95, sp. 515.
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 | Unio siculus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Swainson’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 71, sp. 364. |  |
 | Unio spatulatus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 65, sp. 328. |  |
 | Unio spillmannii Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 82, pl. 435. |  |
 | Unio striatus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 78, sp. 407. |  |
 | Unio subangulatus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 65, sp. 327. |  |
 | Unio subovatus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 85, sp. 456. |  |
 | Unio swainsoni Sowerby, 1868
   ‘Hanley’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 76, sp. 396. Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1900-3-19-21, Hab._?
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 | Unio taitanus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 67, sp. 338. |  |
 | Unio tortuosus Sowerby, 1868
   Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 65, sp. 330. Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) BMNH_74-12-11-25, Maryland.
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 | Unio trigonus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 64, sp. 322; errata. |  |
 | Unio trinacris Lea, 1862‘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. |  |
 | Unio trirostris Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Benson’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 65, sp. 331; errata. |  |
 | Unio troostensis Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 79, sp. 415. |  |
 | Unio vaughanianus Sowerby, 1868‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 61, sp. 308.
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 | Unio velaris Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Benson, in Hanley’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 72, sp. 368. |  |
 | Unio venustus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 64, sp. 326. |  |
 | Unio verrauianus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 69, sp. 352. |  |
 | Unio verrucosus Say, 1834‘Rafinesque’  of Authors.
 ‘Rafinesque’ Say, 1834. Amer. Conch. 6: ??.
 ‘Rafinesque’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 1, sp. 4.
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 | Unio vondembuschii Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 95, sp. 518. |  |
 | Unio wynegungensis Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 67, sp. 339. |  |
 | Unio jayensis var. aequillus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 67, sp. 343 [as ‘æquillus’]. |  |
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