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Publication Reeve (1865): taxonomic opinions

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Complete Citation

Reeve, L. 1865. Genus Unio. Conchologica Iconica 16: pls. 19-30. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Unio aegyptiacus Cailliaud, 1827 = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Unio aereus Reeve, 1865 = Popenaias metallica

Unio africanus Lea, 1856 = Unio caffer

Unio altilis Conrad, 1834 = Hamiota altilis

Unio anodontoides Lea, 1831 = Lampsilis teres

Unio aplatus ‘Swainson ms’ in Mus. Cuming = Diplodon chilensis

Unio aucklandicus Gray, MS. in Mus. Brit. = Echyridella aucklandica

Unio auratus ‘Swainson MS’ in Mus. Cuming = Hyridella australis
+ Unio depressa Lesson, 1830
+ Unio chiloensis Küster, 1861
+ Unio gassiei Küster, 1856

Unio auratus ‘Swainson MS’ in Mus. Cuming = Diplodon chilensis

Unio berlandierii Lea, 1857 = Cyrtonaias berlandierii

Unio bi-cælatus Reeve, 1865 = Leaunio lienosus

Unio buddianus Lea, 1841 = Elliptio jayensis

Unio carinthiacus ‘Ziegl.’ Rossmässler, 1836 = Unio nanus

Unio circulus Lea, 1829 = Obovaria subrotunda

Unio coccineus Lea, 1838 = Pleurobema sintoxia
+ Unio catillus Conrad, 1836

Unio cocoduensis ‘White MS’ Reeve, 1865 = Sagittunio subrostratus

Unio concestator Lea, 1857 = Leaunio lienosus

Unio contradens Lea, 1836 = Lens contradens

Unio cucumoides Lea, 1840 = Cucumerunio novaehollandiae

Unio cuneolus Lea, 1840 = Fusconaia cuneolus

Unio dembeae Rossmässler, MS. in Mus. Cuming

Unio demeraraensis Lea, 1859 = Diplodon suavidicus

Unio diminutus Lea, 1859 = Unio caffer

Unio electrinus Reeve, 1865 = Uniomerus tetralasmus
+ Unio sayii Tappan, 1839

Unio fisherianus Lea, 1834 [sic] = Elliptio fisheriana

Unio flavidens [sic] Benson, 1862 = Parreysia corrugata

Unio fragilis Swainson, MS. in Mus. Cuming = Diplodon chilensis

Unio fuligo Reeve, 1865 = Leaunio lienosus

Unio fuscatus Lea, 1843 = Elliptio occulta

Unio grayanus Lea, 1832 [sic] = Lanceolaria grayii

Unio gubernaculum Reeve, 1856 = Epioblasma gubernaculum

Unio haleianus Lea, 1842 = Leaunio lienosus

Unio incrassatus Lea, 1840 = Elliptio crassidens

Unio ingallsianus Lea, 1852 = Ensidens ingallsianus

Unio inornatus Lea, 1856 = Lens inornatus

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

Unio iris Lea, 1829 = Cambarunio nebulosus

Unio layardii Lea, 1859 = Lamellidens lamellatus

Unio lens Lea, 1830 = Obovaria subrotunda

Unio litoralis [sic] Cuvier
+ Unio crassus Reeve, 1865
+ Unio brevialis Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio semirugata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio nana Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio subtetragonus Michaud, 1831
+ Unio incurvus Lea, 1831
+ Unio pianensis Boubée, 1833
+ Unio granosus Schumacher, 1817
+ Unio brunneus Bonhomme, 1840
+ Unio wolwichii Morelet, 1845
+ Unio rhomboideus Moquin-Tandon, 1855

Unio litoralis [sic] Cuvier = Margaritifera margaritifera

Unio litoralis [sic] Cuvier = Potomida littoralis

Unio litoralis [sic] Cuvier = Potomida semirugata

Unio litoralis [sic] Cuvier = Unio nanus

Unio lutulentus Gould, 1850 = Echyridella menziesii

Unio melleus Lea, 1859

Unio menkianus Lea, 1836 = Cambarunio taeniatus

Unio menziesianus [sic] Gray MS. in Mus. Brit. = Echyridella menziesii

Unio merdiger ‘Watts’ in Jay = Unio crassus

Unio mississippiensis Conrad, 1850 = Sagittunio subrostratus

Unio moretonicus Reeve, 1865 = Velesunio moretonicus

Unio mutabilis Lea, 1859 = Hyridella depressa

Unio napeanensis Conrad, 1850 = Hyridella australis

Unio nashvillianus Lea, 1834 = Sagittunio subrostratus

Unio nasutus Say, 1817 = Sagittunio nasutus
+ Unio rostrata Valenciennes, 1827

Unio navigioliformis Lea, 1859 = Cucumerunio novaehollandiae

Unio nitens Lea, 1840 = Leaunio vanuxemensis

Unio obliquiradiatus Reeve, 1865 = Lampsilis radiata

Unio obtusus Lea, 1840 = Lampsilis straminea

Unio patagonicus d’Orbigny, 1835 = Diplodon chilensis

Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
+ Unio rostrata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio limosus Nilsson, 1822
+ Unio turtonii Payraudeau, 1826
+ Unio requienii Michaud, 1831
+ Unio deshayesii Michaud, 1831
+ Unio longirostris Rossmässler, 1836
+ Unio ardusianus Reyniès, 1843
+ Unio ponderosus Rossmässler, 1842
+ Unio aleronii Companyo & Massot, 1845
+ Unio dactylus Morelet, 1845
+ Unio mucidus Morelet, 1845
+ Unio philippii Dupuy, 1849
+ Unio platyrinchoideus Dupuy, 1849
+ Unio rousii Dupuy, 1849
+ Unio curvirostris Dupuy, 1852

Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758) = Unio mancus

Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758) = Unio delphinus

Unio pilaris Lea, 1840 = Fusconaia subrotunda

Unio platyrhynchus Rossmässler, 1835 = Unio pictorum
+ Unio lithophagus Philippi, 1847
+ Unio teretiusculus Philippi, 1847

Unio platyrhynchus Rossmässler, 1835 = Nitia teretiuscula

Unio plicatulus Lea, 1859 = Ctenodesma borneensis

Unio purpuratus Lamarck, 1819 = Potamilus purpuratus
+ Mya ventricosa Humphrey, 1797
+ Unio ater Lea, 1829
+ Unio lugubris Say, 1832
+ Unio poulsoni Conrad, 1834

Unio radiatus (Gmelin, 1791) = Lampsilis radiata
+ Unio oblongatus Wood, 1828
+ Unio virginiana Lamarck, 1819

Unio radiatus (Gmelin, 1791) = Elliptio complanata

Unio rectus Lamarck, 1819 = Ligumia recta
+ Unio praelongus Barnes, 1823

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

Unio rubiginosus Lea, 1829 = Fusconaia flava
+ Unio flavus Conrad, 1837
+ Unio cerinus Conrad, 1838

Unio rubiginosus Lea, 1829 = Fusconaia cerina

Unio shanghaiensis Lea, 1859 = Nodularia douglasiae

Unio shepardianus Lea, 1834 = Elliptio shepardiana

Unio solidus Lea, 1834 [sic] = Pleurobema sintoxia

Unio subrotundus Lea, 1830 = Fusconaia subrotunda
+ Unio politus Conrad, 1837
+ Unio brevialis Crouch, 1827

Unio sumatrensis Lea, 1859 = Lens contradens

Unio testudineus Morelet, 1849 = Psoronaias crocodilorum

Unio thwaitesii Lea, 1859 = Lamellidens marginalis

Unio tumidus Philippson = Unio nanus
+ Mya ovalis Montagu, 1803
+ Mya depressa Donovan, 1801
+ Mya ovata Donovan, 1802
+ Unio rostratus Studer, 1820
+ Mysca solida Turton, 1822

Unio tumidus Philippson

Unio vellicatus Reeve, 1865 = Nephronaias ravistella

Unio verecundus Gould, 1850 = Simpsonella burroughiana

Unio vignonana [sic] (Bernardi, 1859) = Aspatharia rugifera

 
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