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Publication Küster (1861): taxonomic opinions

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Küster, H.C. 1861. Die Flussperlmuscheln (Unio et Hyria). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz Fortgesetzt von Hofrath Dr. G. v. Schubert und Professor Dr. J.A. Wagner 9(2): 161-256, pl. 35, 46-86. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Unio aegyptiacus Caillaud = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Unio ambiguus Lamarck = Castalia ambigua
+ Tetraplodon pectinatus Wagner, 1827

Unio angustatus Lea = Elliptio angustata

Unio anodontinus Lamarck = Lamellidens marginalis

Unio arctatus Conrad = Elliptio arctata

Unio arctior Lea = Eurynia dilatata

Unio argenteus Lea = Pleurobema oviforme

Unio atromarginatus Lea = Elliptoideus sloatianus

Unio auratus Swainson = Diplodon chilensis

Unio australis Lamarck = Hyridella australis

Unio baletonicus Ziegler = Unio pictorum

Unio barrotti Lea = Elliptio producta

Unio baykinianus [sic] Lea = Megalonaias nervosa

Unio bengalensis Lea = Simpsonella burroughiana

Unio biangulatus Lea = Ortmanniana pectorosa

Unio bigorrensis [sic] Millet = Potomida littoralis

Unio bucklei [sic] Lea = Elliptio jayensis

Unio buddianus Lea = Elliptio jayensis

Unio bulloides Lea = Diplodon variabilis

Unio calceolus Lea = Sulcularia viridis
+ Alasmodonta truncata Conrad, 1834
+ Margaritana deltoidea Lea, 1838

Unio caliginosus Lea = Leaunio lienosus

Unio cardium Rafinesque = Lampsilis cardium
+ Unio ventricosus Barnes, 1823

Unio cariniferus Lamark [sic] = Elliptio complanata

Unio chiloënsis Philippi = Diplodon chilensis
+ Unio auratus Philippi, 1847

Unio cicatricosus Say = Plethobasus cicatricosus
+ Unio varicosus Lea, 1831

Unio coeruleus [sic] Lea = Indonaia caerulea

Unio collinus Conrad = Parvaspina collina

Unio compressus Lea = Platynaias compressa

Unio concestator Lea = Leaunio lienosus

Unio conradicus Lea = Medionidus conradicus

Unio cooperianus Lea = Plethobasus cooperianus
+ Obovaria striata Rafinesque, 1820

Unio cooperianus Lea = Obovaria subrotunda

Unio corrianus Lea = Lamellidens corrianus

Unio cucumoides Lea = Cucumerunio novaehollandiae

Unio cuneolus Lea = Fusconaia cuneolus

Unio cylindricus Say = Theliderma cylindrica
+ Unio naviformis Lamarck, 1819

Unio delodontus Lamarck = Diplodon delodontus

Unio delumbis Conrad = Villosa delumbis
+ Unio modioliformis Lea, 1834

Unio delumbis Conrad = Villosa vibex

Unio dolabelloides Lea = Pleuronaia dolabelloides

Unio dolabraeformis Lea = Lampsilis dolabraeformis

Unio dromas Lea = Dromus dromas

Unio edgarianus Lea = Fusconaia cor

Unio ellipticus Wagner = Diplodon multistriatus
+ Unio multistriatus Lea, 1831

Unio ellipticus Wagner = Diplodon ellipticus

Unio eurhynchus Bronn = Diplodon multistriatus

Unio exanthematicus Küster = Pressidens exanthematicus

Unio fallax Lea = Leaunio lienosus

Unio fasciolaris Rafinesque = Ptychobranchus fasciolaris
+ Unio phaseolus Hildreth, 1828
+ Unio planulatus Lea, 1829

Unio fisherianus Lea = Elliptio fisheriana

Unio flexuosus Rafinesque = Epioblasma flexuosa

Unio fluctiger Lea

Unio folliculatus Lea = Elliptio folliculata

Unio forbesianus Lea = Elliptio congaraea

Unio fragosus Conrad = Quadrula fragosa

Unio fraternus Lea = Elliptio fraterna

Unio fuscatus Lea = Elliptio occulta

Unio graniferus Lea = Cyclonaias tuberculata

Unio gratiosus Parreiss = Unio caffer

Unio grayanus Lea = Lanceolaria grayii
+ Unio grayii Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833

Unio griffithianus Lea = Elliptio complanata

Unio haysianus Lea = Epioblasma haysiana

Unio heterodon Lea = Prolasmidonta heterodon

Unio hildrethianus Lea = Simpsonaias ambigua
+ Alasmodonta ambigua Say, 1825

Unio hippopoeus Lea = Amblema plicata

Unio hopetonensis Lea = Elliptio hopetonensis

Unio hyalinus Lea = Platynaias subviridis

Unio hydianus Lea = Lampsilis hydiana

Unio incrassatus Lea = Elliptio crassidens

Unio infucatus Conrad = Pustulosa infucata

Unio intermedius Conrad = Theliderma intermedia

Unio interruptus Rafinesque = Epioblasma brevidens
+ Unio brevidens Lea, 1831

Unio javanus Lea = Lens contradens

Unio kirtlandianus Lea = Fusconaia subrotunda
+ Unio kirklandianus Lea, 1838

Unio kleinianus Lea = Pustulosa kleiniana

Unio lanceolatus Lea = Elliptio lanceolata

Unio latecostatus Lea = Amblema plicata

Unio latiradiatus Conrad = Cambarunio taeniatus
+ Unio interruptus Lea, 1838

Unio leai Gray = Lamprotula leaii

Unio lemovicincae Férussac = Unio crassus

Unio leptodon Rafinesque = Potamilus leptodon
+ Unio leptodon Conrad, 1836
+ Unio planus Barnes, 1823
+ Anodon purpurascens Swainson, 1823
+ Unio velum Say, 1829
+ Symphynota tenuissima Lea, 1829

Unio leptodon Rafinesque = Potamilus fragilis

Unio lesueurianus Lea = Fusconaia subrotunda

Unio lineolatus Rafinesque = Ellipsaria lineolata
+ Unio securis Lea, 1829
+ Obliquaria (Plagiola) depressa Rafinesque, 1820
+ Obliquaria (Plagiola) depressa Rafinesque, 1820

Unio lineolatus var. Rafinesque = Ellipsaria lineolata

Unio lugubris Lea = Elliptio icterina

Unio maculatus Conrad = Pleuronaia dolabelloides

Unio maestus [sic] Lea = Toxolasma lividum

Unio marginalis Lamarck = Lamellidens marginalis

Unio medellinus Lea
+ Unio purpuriatus Say, 1831

Unio medellinus Lea = Actinonaias medellina

Unio mederianus Mousson = Lens contradens

Unio menkeanus [sic] Lea = Cambarunio taeniatus

Unio merodabensis von dem Busch = Parreysia corrugata
+ Unio flavus Küster, 1861

Unio merodabensis von dem Busch = Parreysia nagpoorensis

Unio mississippianus [sic] Conrad = Sagittunio subrostratus

Unio monodontus Say = Cumberlandia monodonta

Unio murchisonianus Lea = Nodularia douglasiae

Unio mussolianus Parreiss = Unio tigridis

Unio nashvillianus Lea = Sagittunio subrostratus

Unio nasutus Say = Sagittunio nasutus
+ Unio nasutus Conrad, 1838
+ Unio rostrata Valenciennes, 1827

Unio nasutus Say = Elliptio producta

Unio neglectus Lea = Platynaias subviridis

Unio nervosus Rafinesque = Truncilla donaciformis
+ Unio donaciformis Lea, 1828

Unio nervosus Rafinesque = Megalonaias nervosa

Unio nicklianus [sic] Lea = Megalonaias nickliniana

Unio nitens Lea = Leaunio vanuxemensis

Unio nitidulus Ziegler = Diplodon wymanii

Unio nodulatus Rafinesque = Pustulosa nodulata
+ Unio pustulatus Lea, 1831

Unio novi-eboraci Lea = Cambarunio iris

Unio nucleopsis Conrad = Pleurobema georgianum

Unio nux Lea = Pleurobema perovatum

Unio obesus Lea = Uniomerus carolinianus

Unio obliquus Lamarck = Reginaia ebenus
+ Unio ebenus Lea, 1831

Unio obliquus Lamarck = Pleurobema cordatum

Unio obscurus Lea = Cambarunio iris

Unio occidens Lea = Lampsilis cardium
+ Unio ventricosus Say, 1832

Unio occultus Lea = Elliptio occulta

Unio ochraceus Say = Atlanticoncha ochracea

Unio ohiensis Rafinesque = Potamilus ohiensis
+ Symphynota laevissima Lea, 1829

Unio olivarius Lea = Indonaia olivaria

Unio orbiculatus Hildreth = Obovaria subrotunda

Unio oriens Lea = Hemistena lata

Unio orientalis Lea = Elongaria orientalis

Unio osbeckii Philippi = Nodularia douglasiae

Unio panacoensis von dem Busch = Disconaias disca

Unio parallelepipedon [sic] Lea = Diplodon parallelopipedon

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

Unio paranensis Lea = Diplodon solisianus

Unio pernodosus Lea = Pustulosa pustulosa

Unio philippianus Küster = Velesunio ambiguus
+ Unio ambiguus Philippi, 1847

Unio pictus Lea = Cambarunio taeniatus

Unio pilaris Lea = Fusconaia subrotunda

Unio proximus Lea = Leaunio lienosus

Unio pulcher Lea = Cambarunio taeniatus

Unio pullatus Lea = Elliptio pullata

Unio purpuratus Lamark [sic] = Potamilus purpuratus
+ Unio lugubris Say, 1832
+ Unio ater Lea, 1829

Unio pussilus [sic] Lea = Elliptio congaraea

Unio quadrulus Rafinesque = Quadrula quadrula
+ Unio quadrulus Say, 1834
+ Unio asperrimus Lea, 1831

Unio reeveanus [sic] Lea = Lampsilis reeveiana

Unio rotundatus Lamarck = Glebula rotundata
+ Unio suborbiculata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio glebulus Say, 1831
+ Unio subglobosus Lea, 1834

Unio rugosus Barnes = Lasmigona costata
+ Alasmodonta abducta Lea, 1836

Unio sayi Warden = Uniomerus tetralasmus
+ Unio declivis Say, 1831

Unio sayi Warden = Uniomerus declivis

Unio scyphius [sic] Rafinesque = Plethobasus cyphyus

Unio semigranosus von dem Busch = Psoronaias semigranosa

Unio sparsus Lea = Pustulosa kleiniana

Unio spinosus Lea = Elliptio spinosa

Unio stegarius Rafinesque = Cyprogenia stegaria
+ Unio stegarius Say, 1834
+ Unio irroratus Lea, 1828

Unio subrostratus Say = Cambarunio iris
+ Unio iris Lea, 1829
+ Unio nebulosus Conrad, 1834

Unio subrostratus Say = Sagittunio subrostratus

Unio subrostratus Say = Cambarunio nebulosus

Unio subrotundus Rafinesque = Obovaria subrotunda
+ Unio lens Lea, 1831

Unio subrotundus var. Rafinesque = Obovaria subrotunda

Unio subtentus Say = Ptychobranchus subtentus

Unio tavoyensis Gould = Leoparreysia tavoyensis

Unio tigridis Bourguignat

Unio troostensis Lea = Venustaconcha troostensis

Unio truncatus Rafinesque = Truncilla truncata
+ Unio elegans Lea, 1831

Unio unduliferus Küster = Potomida littoralis

Unio (Complanaria) complanata Barnes = Pterosyna complanata

 
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