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Publication Paetel (1890): taxonomic opinions

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Paetel. 1890. Catalog der Conchylien-Sammlung 3. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Unio abevillensis [sic] Lea = Elliptio complanata

Unio abortivus Heude = Lamprotula cornuumlunae

Unio abyssinicus Mrts.

Unio acarnanicus Kob. = Potomida acarnanica

Unio actephilus Bourguignat, 1862 = Unio pictorum

Unio acuminatus Adams, 1866 = Nitia acuminata

Unio aeneus Jickeli, 1874 = Unio dembeae

Unio aequatorius Morelet, 1885 = Coelatura gabonensis

Unio aereus Reeve, 1856 = Popenaias metallica

Unio affinis Heude, 1875 = Aculamprotula polysticta

Unio alabamensis (Lea, 1861) = Pseudodontoideus connasaugaensis

Unio alderiana [sic] Bourguignat, 1885 = Unio dembeae

Unio aleroni Comp. = Unio mancus

Unio altilis Conrad, 1834 = Hamiota altilis

Unio anaticulus Lea, 1861 = Pleurobema decisum

Unio anceps DeShayes & Jullien, 1874 = Scabies anceps

Unio anconae Brgt. = Unio mancus
+ Unio danconae Bourguignat, 1883

Unio anemprosthus Brgt. = Unio delicatus

Unio angustatus Lea, 1831 = Elliptio angustata

Unio anodontaeformis Tapparone Canefri, 1883 = Microdontia anodontaeformis

Unio antiochianus Brgt. = Unio delicatus

Unio aplatus Sw. = Diplodon chilensis

Unio approximus Lea, 1845 = Lampsilis hydiana

Unio aradae Philippi, 1844 = Unio mancus

Unio arancanus [sic] Philippi, 1847 = Diplodon chilensis

Unio araxenus Drouet, 1881 = Unio mardinensis

Unio arca Held in Küster, 1854 = Unio pictorum

Unio arculus (Lea, 1838) = Alasmidonta arcula

Unio asperatus Lea, 1861 = Pustulosa kieneriana
+ Unio asperatus Sowerby, 1868

Unio astieranus [sic] Dupuy, 1850 = Potomida littoralis

Unio ater Nilsson, 1822 = Unio crassus

Unio ater vr. consentaneus ‘Ziegler’ Rossmässler, 1836 = Unio nanus

Unio ater vr. intermedius Rm. = Unio crassus

Unio ater vr. reniformis ‘Schmidt’ Rossmässler, 1836 = Unio nanus

Unio aureus Lea, 1859 = Pustulosa pustulosa

Unio auroreus Heude, 1883 = Diaurora aurorea

Unio axiacus Let. [sic] = Unio delicatus

Unio bagdadensis Bourguignat, 1852 = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Unio bakeri Adams, 1866 = Coelatura bakeri

Unio baudoni Drouet

Unio baykinianus [sic] Lea, 1840 = Megalonaias nervosa

Unio bayonnensis Folin & Bérillon, 1877 = Unio mancus

Unio bazini Heude, 1877 = Lamprotula bazini

Unio beccarianus Tapparone Canefri, 1883 = Virgus beccarianus

Unio benacinus Drouet, 1883 = Unio elongatulus

Unio benoiti Bourguignat, 1883 = Unio mancus

Unio bhamaoensis [sic] Theobald, 1874 = Leoparreysia tavoyensis

Unio bicaelatus Reeve, 1865 = Leaunio lienosus

Unio biesianus Heude, 1877 = Pseudobaphia biesiana

Unio bivonianus Bourguignat, 1883 = Unio mancus

Unio biwae Kobelt, 1879 = Nodularia douglasiae

Unio blanci Bourguignat, 1883 = Unio mancus

Unio blauneri Sh. = Unio mancus

Unio blauverensis Lea

Unio bourguignatianus Lea , 1863 = Unio tigridis

Unio brachyrhynchus Drouet, 1881 = Unio elongatulus

Unio brandtii Kobelt, 1879 = Inversidens brandtii

Unio brevirostris Küster, 1854 = Unio carneus

Unio brianteus Pini. = Unio elongatulus

Unio bridouxi Bourguignat, 1886 = Coelatura horei

Unio broti Dsh. = Unionetta fabagina

Unio bruguierianus Bourguignat, 1853

Unio bruguierianus vr. orientalis Bourguignat, 1852 = Unio bruguierianus

Unio capigliolo Payraudeau, 1826 = Unio mancus

Unio capigliolo vr. bandini Küster, 1837 = Unio mancus

Unio languilati Heude, 1874 = Lepidodesma languilati
+ Unio languilati var. aligerus Heude, 1877

Unio languilati Heude, 1874 = Lepidodesma aligera

Unio ligamentinus Lm. = Ortmanniana ligamentina
+ Unio abruptus Say, 1831

Unio ligamentinus Lm. = Lampsilis abrupta

Unio (s.s.) aheneus Lea, 1841 = Elliptio ahenea

Unio (s.s.) alasmodontinus Barnes = Platynaias compressa

Unio (s.s.) anodontinus Lamarck, 1819 = Lamellidens marginalis

Unio (s.s.) aquilus Lea, 1857 = Elliptio pullata

Unio (s.s.) aradasi Phl. [sic] = Unio mancus

Unio (s.s.) arctatus Conrad, 1834 = Elliptio arctata

Unio (s.s.) arctior Lea, 1838 = Eurynia dilatata

Unio (s.s.) arcus Conrad, 1834 = Elliptio arca

Unio (s.s.) ardusianus Reyn. = Unio mancus

Unio (s.s.) badius Kokeil, 1831 = Unio crassus

Unio (s.s.) barrotti [sic] Lea, 1852 = Elliptio icterina

Unio (s.s.) billattianus [sic] Charmes, 1885 = Coelatura ratidota

Unio (s.s.) decurvatus Rossmässler, 1835 = Unio nanus

Unio (s.s.) decurvatus vr. atrovirens ‘Schmidt’ Rossmässler, 1836 = Unio nanus

Unio (s.s.) marginalis Lamarck, 1819 = Lamellidens marginalis

Unio (s.s.) marginalis vr. bilineatus Hutt. [sic] = Lamellidens marginalis

Unio (s.s.) marginalis vr. cylindrica Lea [sic] = Lamellidens marginalis

Unio (s.s.) marginalis vr. typicus Küst. = Lamellidens marginalis

Unio (s.s.) marginalis vr. zonata Küst. [sic] = Trapezidens scutum

Unio (s.s.) pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758) = Unio pictorum
+ Unio pictorum var. amurensis Mousson, 1887

Unio (s.s.) pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758) = Nodularia douglasiae

Unio (s.s.) tumidus Retzius, 1788 = Unio tumidus

Unio (s.s.) tumidus var. borysthenensis Kobelt, 1879 = Unio tumidus

Unio (s.s.) tumidus vr. concavus Zeleb. = Unio tumidus

Unio (s.s.) tumidus vr. conus Westl. [sic] = Unio tumidus

Unio (s.s.) tumidus vr. elongatus Rm. = Unio tumidus

Unio (s.s.) tumidus vr. falcatulus Drouet, 1881 = Unio tumidus

Unio (s.s.) tumidus vr. gerstfeldtianus Clessin, 1880 = Unio tumidus

Unio (s.s.) tumidus vr. heckingi Colbeau, 1868 = Unio tumidus

Unio (s.s.) tumidus vr. lacustris Rm. = Unio tumidus

Unio (s.s.) tumidus vr. limicola Mörch, 1864 = Unio tumidus

Unio (s.s.) tumidus vr. mülleri [sic] Rossmässler, 1838 = Unio tumidus

Unio (s.s.) tumidus vr. rohrmanni Kobelt, 1880 = Unio tumidus

Unio (s.s.) tumidus vr. saccatus Rossmässler, 1854 = Unio tumidus

Unio (sec. Diplodon) acutissimus Lea, 1831 = Medionidus acutissimus

Unio (sec. Dysnomia) atrocostatus Lea, 1848 = Amblema plicata

Unio (sec. Hyridella) affinis Lea, 1852 = Lampsilis straminea

Unio (sec. Hyridella) amoenus Lea, 1840 = Cambarunio iris

Unio (sec. Hyridella) aratus Lea = Micronaias arata

Unio (sec. Hyridella) asiaticus Parr.

Unio (sec. Hyridella) australis Lamarck, 1819 = Hyridella australis

Unio (sec. Hyridella) batavus Lm. = Unio crassus

Unio (sec. Hyridella) batavus vr. amnicus Zglr. = Unio nanus

Unio (sec. Hyridella) batavus vr. arcuata Jacquemin, 1835 = Unio mancus

Unio (sec. Hyridella) batavus vr. belgicus Colb. = Unio crassus

Unio (sec. Hyridella) batavus vr. drouëti Dupuy, 1849 = Unio crassus

Unio (sec. Hyridella) batavus vr. fontainei Lee. = Unio crassus

Unio (sec. Hyridella) batavus vr. incurvatus Colbeau, 1868 = Unio tumidus

Unio (sec. Hyridella) batavus vr. mancus Lamarck, 1819 = Unio mancus

Unio (sec. Hyridella) batavus vr. moulinsianus Dupuy, 1850 = Potomida littoralis

Unio (sec. Hyridella) batavus vr. nanus Lamarck, 1819 = Unio nanus

Unio (sec. Hyridella) batavus vr. phaseolus Held in Kobelt, 1879 = Unio nanus

Unio (sec. Hyridella) batavus vr. riparius Pfeiffer, 1821 = Unio nanus

Unio (sec. Hyridella) batavus vr. rivularis Rm. = Unio crassus

Unio (sec. Hyridella) batavus vr. sarratianus [sic] St. Germ. = Unio crassus

Unio (sec. Hyridella) batavus vr. squamosus Charpentier, 1837 = Unio nanus

Unio (sec. Hyridella) batavus vr. taunicus Kobelt, 1886 = Unio nanus

Unio (sec. Hyridella) bengalensis Lea, 1838 = Simpsonella burroughiana

Unio (sec. Hyridella) binneyi Lea, 1845 = Diplodon rhuacoicus

Unio (sec. Hyridella) birmanus [sic] Blanford, 1869 = Leoparreysia burmana

Unio (sec. Hyridella) bisselianus Lea, 1867 = Uniomerus carolinianus

Unio (sec. Hyridella) bonneaudi Eydoux, 1838 = Indonaia bonneaudii

Unio (sec. Hyridella) bosnensis Möllendorff, 1874 = Unio nanus

Unio (sec. Hyridella) brumbyanus Lea, 1841 = Ptychobranchus greenii

Unio (sec. Hyridella) buckleyi Lea, 1841 = Elliptio jayensis

Unio (sec. Hyridella) crassus Retzius, 1788 = Unio crassus
+ Unio acutus Rossmässler, 1837

Unio (sec. Hyridella) niloticus Cailliaud, 1827 = Coelatura aegyptiaca
+ Unio aegyptiacus Cailliaud, 1827

Unio (sec. Lampsilis) abacus Hld,. = Ptychobranchus fasciolaris

Unio (sec. Lampsilis) accuens [sic] Lea = Pleurobema oviforme

Unio (sec. Lampsilis) argenteus Lea, 1841 = Fusconaia cuneolus
+ Unio argenteus Sowerby, 1866

Unio (sec. Lampsilis) argenteus Lea, 1841 = Pleurobema oviforme

Unio (sec. Lampsilis) barnesianus Lea, 1838 = Pleuronaia barnesiana

Unio (sec. Lampsilis) bigbyensis Lea, 1841 = Pleuronaia barnesiana

Unio (sec. Lampsilis) bournianus Lea, 1840 = Pleurobema clava

Unio (sec. Lampsilis) nexus Say, 1831 = Epioblasma arcaeformis
+ Unio arcaeformis Lea, 1831

Unio (sec. Metaptera) alatus Say, 1817 = Potamilus alatus

Unio (sec. Metaptera) atromarginatus Lea, 1840 = Elliptoideus sloatianus

Unio (sec. Naïa) ambiguus Philippi, 1847 = Velesunio ambiguus

Unio (sec. Naïa) antiguus Phl.

Unio (sec. Naïa) atratus Swainson, 1823 = Potamilus fragilis

Unio (sec. Naïa) aucklandicus Gray = Echyridella aucklandica

Unio (sec. Naïa) auratus Sw. [sic] = Diplodon chilensis

Unio (sec. Naïa) aztecorum Philippi, 1847 = Nephronaias aztecorum

Unio (sec. Naïa) blandingianus Lea, 1834 = Uniomerus carolinianus

Unio (sec. Naïa) brevidens Lea, 1831 = Epioblasma brevidens

Unio (sec. Naïa) buddianus Lea, 1841 = Elliptio jayensis

Unio (sec. Naïa) generosus Gould, 1847 = Lamellidens generosus
+ Unio generosus var. angustior Hanley & Theobald, 1872

Unio (sec. Naïa) generosus Gould, 1847 = Trapezidens angustior

Unio (sec. Naïa) littoralis Lamarck, 1801 = Potomida littoralis

Unio (sec. Naïa) littoralis vr. barraudi Boub. = Potomida littoralis

Unio (sec. Naïa) littoralis vr. bigerriensis [sic] Millet, 1843 = Potomida littoralis

Unio (sec. Naïa) littoralis vr. cuneatus Jacquemin, 1835 = Potomida littoralis

Unio (sec. Naïa) littoralis vr. draparnaldii Deshayes, 1831 = Potomida littoralis

Unio (sec. Naïa) littoralis vr. elongatus Dup. = Potomida littoralis

Unio (sec. Naïa) littoralis vr. fellmanni DeShayes, 1848 = Potomida littoralis

Unio (sec. Naïa) littoralis vr. mauritanicus Bourguignat, 1868 = Potomida littoralis

Unio (sec. Naïa) littoralis vr. minor Rossmässler, 1842 = Potomida littoralis

Unio (sec. Naïa) littoralis vr. pianensis Farines in Boubée, 1833 = Potomida littoralis

Unio (sec. Naïa) littoralis vr. rhomboider [sic] Schub. [sic] = Potomida littoralis

Unio (sec. Naïa) littoralis vr. subreniformis Bourguignat, 1863 = Potomida littoralis

Unio (sec. Naïa) littoralis vr. subtetragonus Michaud, 1831 = Potomida littoralis

Unio (sec. Naïa) littoralis vr. umbonatus Rossmässler, 1844 = Potomida littoralis

Unio (sec. Naïa) purpuratus Lamarck, 1819 = Potamilus purpuratus
+ Unio ater Lea, 1829

Unio (sec. Naidea) amygdalum Lea, 1843 = Villosa amygdalum

Unio (sec. Naidea) berlandieri Lea, 1857 = Cyrtonaias berlandierii

Unio (sec. Naidea) biangulatus Lea, 1842 = Ortmanniana pectorosa

Unio (sec. Naidea) boydianus Lea, 1840 = Atlanticoncha ochracea

Unio (sec. Quadrula) apiculatus Say, 1829 = Quadrula quadrula

Unio (sec. Quadrula) apiculatus vr. asper Lea, 1831 = Quadrula quadrula

Unio (sec. Quadrula) quadrulus (Rafinesque, 1820) = Quadrula quadrula
+ Unio asperrimus Lea, 1831

Unio (sec. Rotundaria) blandianus Lea, 1856 = Quadrula quadrula

Unio (sec. Rotundaria) bullatus (Rafinesque, 1820) = Pustulosa pustulosa

Unio (sec. Rotundaria) bullatus vr. dorfeuillianus Lea, 1838 = Pustulosa pustulosa

Unio (sec. Rotundaria) bullatus vr. prasinus Conrad, 1834 = Pustulosa pustulosa

Unio (sec. Rotundaria) bullatus vr. schoolcraftensis Lea, 1834 = Pustulosa pustulosa

Unio (sec. Rotundaria) cyphya (Rafinesque, 1820) = Plethobasus cyphyus
+ Unio aesopus Green, 1827

Unio (sec. Rotundaria) lamarckianus Lea, 1852 = Cyprogenia aberti
+ Unio aberti Conrad, 1850