MUSSELpdb

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.

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

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 shurtleffiana
+ Unio shurtleffianus Lea, 1856

Unio bonneaudi Eydoux, 1838 = Indonaia bonneaudii

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 = Parvaspina 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 granosus
+ Unio psammactinus Philippi, 1848

Unio ellipticus Spix = Diplodon ellipticus

Unio elongatulus ‘Mühlf.’ Rossmässler, 1835 = Unio mancus
+ Unio requienii Michaud, 1831

Unio elongatulus ‘Mühlf.’ Rossmässler, 1835

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 rotundus
+ Unio rotundus Moricand, 1838

Unio fontaineanus [sic] d’Orbigny, 1843 = Diplodon fontainianus

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
+ Unio guaraniana d’Orbigny, 1835

Unio hylaeus d’Orbigny, 1835 = Diplodon guaranianus

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
+ Unio (Monocondylaea) parchappii d’Orbigny, 1835

Unio minuanus (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Monocondylaea parchappii

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 = Indonaia olivaria
+ Unio pumilio Küster, 1862
+ Unio parreyssi Philippi, 1848

Unio niloticus Cailliaud, 1827 = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Unio nodulosus (Wood, 1815)
+ Mya nodulosa Wood, 1815
+ Unio grandidens Lea, 1862

Unio nodulosus (Wood, 1815) = Aculamprotula nodulosa

Unio nodulosus (Wood, 1815) = Aculamprotula grandidens

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
+ Unio crispata Gould, 1843

Unio pellis-lacerti Morelet, 1865 = Scabies crispata

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 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 purpureus Say, 1817 = Elliptio complanata

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 paraguayana
+ Alasmidonta schomburgki Sowerby, 1868

Unio reticulatus Moricand, 1858 = Monocondylaea jaspidea

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 = Parvaspina 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 mancus
+ Unio turtonii Payraudeau, 1826

Unio siculus (Swainson, 1840) = Unio elongatulus

Unio sikkimensis Lea, 1859 = Parreysia corrugata

Unio sinuata Lamarck, 1819 = Margaritifera margaritifera
+ Unio roissyi Michaud, 1831
+ Unio elongata Michaud, 1831

Unio sinuata Lamarck, 1819 = Pseudunio auricularius

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
+ Unio trabalis Conrad, 1834

Unio troostensis Lea, 1834 = Venustaconcha trabalis

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