Publication Sowerby (1866): taxonomic opinions

publication summary

Complete Citation

Sowerby, G.B. 1866. Monograph of the Genus Unio. Conchologica Iconica, or Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals 16: pls. 31-54. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Unio acutissimus Lea, 1831 = Medionidus acutissimus

Unio ahæneus [sic] Lea, 1841 = Elliptio ahenea

Unio alatus Say, 1817 = Potamilus alatus

Unio anaticulus Lea, 1861 = Pleurobema decisum

Unio arcula (Lea, 1838) = Alasmidonta arcula

Unio argenteus Lea, 1841 = Pleurobema oviforme

Unio auratus ‘Swainson’ Sowerby, 1866 = Diplodon chilensis

Unio barnesianus Lea, 1838 = Pleuronaia barnesiana

Unio batava Lamarck = Unio crassus

Unio bialatus (Lea, 1829) = Cristaria plicata

Unio bigbyensis Lea, 1841 = Pleuronaia barnesiana

Unio blandingianus Lea, 1834 = Uniomerus carolinianus

Unio buckleyi Lea, 1841 = Elliptio jayensis

Unio burroughianus Lea, 1834 = Diplodon burroughianus

Unio burtoni Woodward, 1859 = Grandidieria burtoni

Unio caeruleus Lea, 1831 = Indonaia caerulea

Unio caffer Krauss, 1848
+ Unio africanus Lea, 1856

Unio cambojensis Sowerby, 1866 = Lens micropterus

Unio camelopardalis [sic] Lea, 1860 = Cambarunio taeniatus

Unio capax Green, 1832 = Potamilus capax

Unio coarctatus Lamarck, 1819 = Elliptio complanata

Unio collinus Conrad, 1837 = Parvaspina collina

Unio complanatus (Barnes, 1823) = Pterosyna complanata

Unio confertus Lea, 1834 = Elliptio icterina

Unio conradicus Lea, 1834 = Medionidus conradicus

Unio crassus Say = Ortmanniana ligamentina
+ Unio ligamentina Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio ellipticus Barnes, 1823
+ Mya gravis Wood, 1828

Unio crispisulcatus Benson, 1862 = Radiatula crispisulcata

Unio cumberlandicus Lea, 1838 = Cambarunio simus

Unio cumingii Lea, 1852 = Sinohyriopsis cumingii

Unio delphinulus Morelet, 1849 = Delphinonaias largillierti

Unio delphinus Gruner, 1841 = Hyriopsis bialata

Unio discoidea (Lea, 1834) = Sinanodonta woodiana
+ Unio tenuis Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833
+ Symphynota magnifica Lea, 1834

Unio discoidea (Lea, 1834) = Pletholophus tenuis

Unio discrepans Lea, 1860 = Cambarunio nebulosus

Unio dolabelloides Lea, 1840 = Pleuronaia dolabelloides

Unio dolosus Lea, 1860 = Potamilus purpuratus

Unio donaciformis Lea, 1828 = Truncilla donaciformis

Unio douglasiae Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834 = Nodularia douglasiae
+ Unio murchisonianus Lea, 1834

Unio exiguus Lea, 1840 = Villosa vibex

Unio fabalis Lea, 1831 = Paetulunio fabalis

Unio fibuloides Lea, 1859 = Pleurobema fibuloides

Unio foremanianus Lea, 1842 = Ptychobranchus foremanianus

Unio gibber Lea, 1838 = Pleuronaia gibber

Unio glans Lea, 1831 = Toxolasma glans

Unio gracilis (Barnes, 1823) = Potamilus fragilis

Unio gravidus Lea, 1856 = Physunio superbus

Unio greenii Conrad, 1834 = Ptychobranchus greenii

Unio gundlachi Dunker, 1858 = Actinonaias gundlachi
+ Unio persulcatus Lea, 1859

Unio gundlachi Dunker, 1858 = Nephronaias calamitarum

Unio hainesianus Lea, 1856 = Chamberlainia hainesiana

Unio hanleyanus [sic] Lea, 1852 = Pleurobema hanleyianum

Unio haslehurstianus [sic] Lea, 1858 = Parvaspina lanceolata

Unio hembeli Conrad, 1838 = Margaritifera hembeli

Unio heterodon Lea, 1829 = Prolasmidonta heterodon

Unio hildrethianus Lea, 1834 = Simpsonaias ambigua

Unio housei Lea, 1856 = Hyriopsis myersiana

Unio hydeanus [sic] Lea, 1838 = Lampsilis hydiana

Unio indicus Sowerby, 1866 = Parreysia rajahensis

Unio inflatus (Lea, 1831) = Potamilus inflatus

Unio infucatus Conrad, 1834 = Pustulosa infucata

Unio involuta Benson in Hanley, 1856 = Assamnaia involuta

Unio laevissimus (Lea, 1829) = Potamilus ohiensis

Unio lamellatus Lea, 1838 = Lamellidens lamellatus

Unio lanceolatus Lea, 1828 = Parvaspina lanceolata

Unio laoensis ‘Lea MS’ = Gibbosula laosensis

Unio lecontianus Lea, 1838 = Elliptio congaraea

Unio lens Lea, 1831 = Obovaria subrotunda

Unio leptodon Rafinesque, 1820 = Potamilus leptodon

Unio lienosus Conrad, 1834 = Leaunio lienosus

Unio lindsleyi Lea, 1860 = Cambarunio taeniatus

Unio marginatus Lea = Alasmidonta varicosa
+ Unio varicosa Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio rugulosus Wood, 1828

Unio marginatus Lea = Alasmidonta marginata

Unio medellinus Lea, 1838 = Actinonaias medellina

Unio micans Lea, 1857 = Elliptio icterina

Unio muhlfeldianus Lea, 1838 = Cambarunio dactylus

Unio myersianus Lea, 1856 = Hyriopsis myersiana

Unio negatus Lea, 1861 = Fusconaia cerina

Unio nicklinianus Lea, 1834 = Megalonaias nickliniana

Unio novi-eboraci Lea, 1838 = Cambarunio iris

Unio nyassae Sowerby, 1866 = Nyassunio nyassaensis

Unio obesus Lea, 1831 = Uniomerus carolinianus

Unio olivarius Lea, 1831 = Indonaia olivaria

Unio orbiculatus Hildreth, 1828 = Lampsilis abrupta
+ Unio abruptus Say, 1831
+ Unio crassus Conrad, 1836

Unio orbiculatus Hildreth, 1828 = Obovaria subrotunda

Unio ornatus Conrad, 1835 = Lampsilis ornata

Unio ovatus Say, 1817 = Lampsilis ovata

Unio paraguayana (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Monocondylaea paraguayana

Unio paranensis Lea, 1834 = Diplodon paranensis
+ Unio solisiana d’Orbigny, 1835

Unio paranensis Lea, 1834 = Diplodon solisianus

Unio parvus Barnes, 1823 = Toxolasma parvum

Unio pellucidus Lea, 1845 = Villosa vibex

Unio percoarctatus Lea, MS = Elliptio complanata

Unio perovalis Conrad, 1834 = Hamiota perovalis

Unio plicatus Say = Amblema plicata
+ Unio peruviana Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio rariplicata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio dombeyana Valenciennes, 1827
+ Unio undulatus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio multiplicatus Lea, 1831

Unio plicatus Say = Plectomerus dombeyanus

Unio plicatus Say = Megalonaias nervosa

Unio plicatus Say [sic] = Cristaria plicata

Unio politus Say, 1834 = Fusconaia subrotunda

Unio postellii Lea, 1858 = Elliptio complanata

Unio poulsoni Conrad, 1834 = Potamilus purpuratus
+ Unio purpurata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio ater Lea, 1829
+ Unio lugubris Say, 1832

Unio pumilus Lea, 1838 = Fusconaia masoni

Unio regularis Lea, 1841 = Cambarunio iris

Unio schwerzenbachi Rossmassler = Unio bruguierianus

Unio scobina ‘Benson’ Hanley, 1856
+ Unio fluctiger Lea, 1859

Unio scobina ‘Benson’ Hanley, 1856 = Pseudoscabies scobina

Unio semiquadrata Sowerby, 1866 = Lens eximius

Unio shuttleworthi Lea, 1856 = Alathyria pertexta

Unio soleniformis Lea, 1831 = Cumberlandia monodonta

Unio spinosus Lea, 1836 = Elliptio spinosa

Unio splendidus Lea, 1838 = Lampsilis splendida

Unio stramineus Conrad, 1834 = Lampsilis straminea

Unio stuarti Adams & Angas, 1863 = Velesunio wilsonii

Unio subovatus Lea, 1831 = Lampsilis cardium

Unio subplanum Conrad, 1837 = Fusconaia masoni

Unio subrotundus Lea, 1831 = Fusconaia subrotunda

Unio succisus [sic] Lea, 1852 = Pustulosa succissa

Unio swinhoei ‘Reeve’ Sowerby, 1866 = Pletholophus tenuis

Unio tenuissimus (Lea, 1829) = Potamilus leptodon
+ Anodon purpurascens Swainson, 1823
+ Unio velum Say, 1829

Unio texasianus [sic] Lea, 1857 = Toxolasma texasiense

Unio tortivus Lea, 1840 = Elliptio arctata

Unio troostensis Lea, 1834 = Venustaconcha troostensis
+ Unio trabalis Conrad, 1834

Unio troostensis Lea, 1834 = Venustaconcha trabalis

Unio umbrans Lea, 1857 = Leaunio umbrans

Unio umbrosus Lea, 1856 = Mesonaias umbrosa

Unio valentinus Sowerby, 1866 = Potomida littoralis

Unio vanuxemensis Lea, 1838 = Leaunio vanuxemensis

Unio ventricosus Barnes, 1823 = Lampsilis cardium

Unio viridis Conrad, 1835 = Platynaias subviridis
+ Unio tappanianus Lea, 1838

Unio vonbuschea ‘Lea MS’ = Pseudodon vondembuschianus

Unio zeiglerianus Lea, 1838 = Cambarunio iris

Unio zic-zac [sic] Lea, 1829 = Truncilla donaciformis