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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Indochinellini | Indonaia species Indonaia caerulea (Lea, 1831): synonymy 124 specimens + 6 Genbank vouchers Lampsilis argyratus Rafinesque, 1831 Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 7. Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 84.
— Simpson (1900) Lampsilis argyratus — Simpson (1914) Indonaia (caerulea-group) caerulea — Bolotov et al. (2022) | |
Unio caeruleus Lea, 1831
 Lea, 1831. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 4 [O. 1]: 95 [105], pl. 13, fig. 25 [as ‘cæruleus’]. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85193, Bengal, India.
Nodularia (s.s.) cærulea — Simpson (1900) Nodularia (s.s.) caerulea — Preston (1912), Simpson (1914) Nodularia (s.s.) caeruleus — Preston (1915) Indonaia caerulea — Prashad (1922), Haas (1969), Bolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2018), Huang et al. (2019), ... Bolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2022), Imsong & Murali (2023), Bolotov et al. (2024), Campbell & Lydeard (2026) Indonaia caeruleus — Srinivasa Rao (1928) Nannonaia caerulea — Modell (1942) Parreysia (Radiatula) caerulea — Subba Rao (1989), Nazneen & Begum (1994), Graf & Cummings (2007), Ramakrishna & Dey (2007) Radiatula (Indonaia) caerulea — Nesemann et al. (2003) Radiatula caerulea — Nesemann et al. (2007), Zieritz et al. (2018), Pfeiffer et al. (2018), Pfeiffer et al. (2019) Nodularia caeruleus — Burdi et al. (2009) Parreysia caerulea — Bogan (2010), IUCN (2010) Radiatula aff. caerulea — Bolotov et al. (2017) Indonaia (caerulea-group) caerulea — Bolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2024) | |
Unio coeruleus Lea, 1836 ‘Lea’ of Authors. Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 26. Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 20. Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 30 [as ‘cœruleus’]. Küster, 1861. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 228. Connolly, 1925. Rec. Albany Mus. 3: [5]. (error for Unio caeruleus Lea, 1831) | |
Unio gaudichaudii Eydoux, 1838 Eydoux, 1838. Mag. Zool. 8: 190, pl. 59, fig. 3.
Nodularia (s.s.) gaudichaudi — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Nodularia (s.s.) caerulea var. gaudichaudi — Preston (1912) Nodularia (s.s.) caeruleus var. gaudichaudi — Preston (1915) Indonaia caerulea — Haas (1969) Parreysia (Radiatula) caerulea gaudichaudi — Subba Rao (1989) Parreysia (Radiatula) caerulea var. gaudichaudi — Ramakrishna & Dey (2007) Radiatula gaudichaudi — Nesemann et al. (2007) Indonaia (caerulea-group) caerulea — Bolotov et al. (2022) | |
Unio gerbidoni Eydoux, 1838 Eydoux, 1838. Mag. Zool. 8: 189, pl. 59, figs. 2-2b.
Nodularia (s.s.) cærulea — Simpson (1900) Nodularia (s.s.) caerulea — Preston (1912), Simpson (1914) Nodularia (s.s.) caeruleus — Preston (1915) Indonaia caerulea — Haas (1969) Indonaia (caerulea-group) caerulea — Bolotov et al. (2022) | |
Unio keraudreni Eydoux, 1838 Eydoux, 1838. Mag. Zool. 8: 188, pl. 59, figs. 1-1a.
Nodularia (s.s.) keraudreni — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Nodularia (s.s.) caerulea var. keraudreni — Preston (1912) Nodularia (s.s.) caeruleus var. keraudreni — Preston (1915) Indonaia caerulea — Haas (1969) Parreysia (Radiatula) caerulea keraudreni — Subba Rao (1989) Radiatula keraudreni — Nesemann et al. (2007) Indonaia (caerulea-group) caerulea — Bolotov et al. (2022) | |
Unio nuttallianus Lea, 1856
Lea, 1856. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8: 103.
Lea, 1857. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 3 [O. 6]: 310 [30], pl. 30, fig. 25. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85201, India.
Nodularia (s.s.) nuttalliana — Simpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915) Indonaia olivaria — Haas (1969) Parreysia (Radiatula) nuttalliana — Subba Rao (1989), Graf & Cummings (2007), Ramakrishna & Dey (2007) Parreysia nuttalliana — Bogan (2010) Parreysia nuttallianus — IUCN (2010) Radiatula nuttalliana — Zieritz et al. (2018) Indonaia nuttalliana — Graf & Cummings (2021) Indonaia (caerulea-group) caerulea — Bolotov et al. (2022) | |
Unio evitatus Lea, 1866
Lea, 1866. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 18: 133.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 279, pl. 38, fig. 92. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85191, Bengal.
Nodularia (s.s.) cærulea — Simpson (1900) Nodularia (s.s.) caerulea — Preston (1912), Simpson (1914) Nodularia (s.s.) caeruleus — Preston (1915) Indonaia caerulea — Haas (1969) Indonaia (caerulea-group) caerulea — Bolotov et al. (2022) | |
Unio trirostris Sowerby, 1868
‘Benson’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 65, sp. 331; errata. (homonym of Unio trirostris Musgrave, 1863)
Nodularia (s.s.) cærulea — Simpson (1900) Nodularia (s.s.) caerulea — Preston (1912), Simpson (1914) Nodularia (s.s.) caeruleus — Preston (1915) Indonaia caerulea — Haas (1969) | |
Margaron (Unio) guadechaudii Lea, 1852 ‘Eyd.’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 32. ‘Eyd.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 50. (error for Unio gaudichaudii Eydoux, 1838) | |
Unio corrianus Küster, 1861
‘Lea’ Küster, 1861. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 229, pl. 77, fig. 5. (misidentified reference to Unio corrianus Lea, 1834)
Nodularia (s.s.) cærulea — Simpson (1900) Nodularia (s.s.) caerulea — Preston (1912), Simpson (1914) Nodularia (s.s.) caeruleus — Preston (1915) | |
Margaron (Unio) cristatus Preston, 1915 ‘Lea’ Preston, 1915. Fauna Brit. India: 136. (error for Unio evitatus Lea, 1866) | |
Unio nuttaliana Subba Rao, 1989 Subba Rao, 1989. Freshw. Moll. India: figs. 428-429 caption. (error for Unio nuttallianus Lea, 1856) | |
Unio crassus Shafiullah et al., 2017 Shafiullah et al., 2017. JBES 10(6): 323. (misidentified reference to Unio crassus Retzius, 1788)
Indonaia caerulea — Bolotov et al. (2024) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900) — Simpson (1900) Nodularia (s.s.) cærulea — Simpson (1900) Nodularia (s.s.) gaudichaudi — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Nodularia (s.s.) keraudreni — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Nodularia (s.s.) nuttalliana — Simpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915) Nodularia (s.s.) caerulea — Preston (1912), Simpson (1914) Nodularia (s.s.) caerulea var. gaudichaudi — Preston (1912) Nodularia (s.s.) caerulea var. keraudreni — Preston (1912) Lampsilis argyratus — Simpson (1914) Nodularia (s.s.) caeruleus — Preston (1915) Nodularia (s.s.) caeruleus var. gaudichaudi — Preston (1915) Nodularia (s.s.) caeruleus var. keraudreni — Preston (1915) Indonaia caerulea — Prashad (1922), Haas (1969), Bolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2018), Huang et al. (2019), ... Bolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2022), Imsong & Murali (2023), Bolotov et al. (2024), Campbell & Lydeard (2026) Indonaia caeruleus — Srinivasa Rao (1928) Nannonaia caerulea — Modell (1942) Indonaia olivaria — Haas (1969) Parreysia (Radiatula) caerulea — Subba Rao (1989), Nazneen & Begum (1994), Graf & Cummings (2007), Ramakrishna & Dey (2007) Parreysia (Radiatula) caerulea gaudichaudi — Subba Rao (1989) Parreysia (Radiatula) caerulea keraudreni — Subba Rao (1989) Parreysia (Radiatula) nuttalliana — Subba Rao (1989), Graf & Cummings (2007), Ramakrishna & Dey (2007) Radiatula (Indonaia) caerulea — Nesemann et al. (2003) Radiatula caerulea — Nesemann et al. (2007), Zieritz et al. (2018), Pfeiffer et al. (2018), Pfeiffer et al. (2019) Parreysia (Radiatula) caerulea var. gaudichaudi — Ramakrishna & Dey (2007) Radiatula gaudichaudi — Nesemann et al. (2007) Radiatula keraudreni — Nesemann et al. (2007) Nodularia caeruleus — Burdi et al. (2009) Parreysia caerulea — Bogan (2010), IUCN (2010) Parreysia nuttalliana — Bogan (2010) Parreysia nuttallianus — IUCN (2010) Radiatula aff. caerulea — Bolotov et al. (2017) Radiatula nuttalliana — Zieritz et al. (2018) Indonaia nuttalliana — Graf & Cummings (2021) Indonaia (caerulea-group) caerulea — Bolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2024)
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