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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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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 argyratusSimpson (1914)
Indonaia (caerulea-group) caeruleaBolotov 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.) cæruleaSimpson (1900)
Nodularia (s.s.) caeruleaPreston (1912), Simpson (1914)
Nodularia (s.s.) caeruleusPreston (1915)
Indonaia caeruleaPrashad (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 caeruleusSrinivasa Rao (1928)
Nannonaia caeruleaModell (1942)
Parreysia (Radiatula) caeruleaSubba Rao (1989), Nazneen & Begum (1994), Graf & Cummings (2007), Ramakrishna & Dey (2007)
Radiatula (Indonaia) caeruleaNesemann et al. (2003)
Radiatula caeruleaNesemann et al. (2007), Zieritz et al. (2018), Pfeiffer et al. (2018), Pfeiffer et al. (2019)
Nodularia caeruleusBurdi et al. (2009)
Parreysia caeruleaBogan (2010), IUCN (2010)
Radiatula aff. caeruleaBolotov et al. (2017)
Indonaia (caerulea-group) caeruleaBolotov 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.) gaudichaudiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Nodularia (s.s.) caerulea var. gaudichaudiPreston (1912)
Nodularia (s.s.) caeruleus var. gaudichaudiPreston (1915)
Indonaia caeruleaHaas (1969)
Parreysia (Radiatula) caerulea gaudichaudiSubba Rao (1989)
Parreysia (Radiatula) caerulea var. gaudichaudiRamakrishna & Dey (2007)
Radiatula gaudichaudiNesemann et al. (2007)
Indonaia (caerulea-group) caeruleaBolotov et al. (2022)

Unio gerbidoni Eydoux, 1838
Eydoux, 1838. Mag. Zool. 8: 189, pl. 59, figs. 2-2b.

Nodularia (s.s.) cæruleaSimpson (1900)
Nodularia (s.s.) caeruleaPreston (1912), Simpson (1914)
Nodularia (s.s.) caeruleusPreston (1915)
Indonaia caeruleaHaas (1969)
Indonaia (caerulea-group) caeruleaBolotov et al. (2022)

Unio keraudreni Eydoux, 1838
Eydoux, 1838. Mag. Zool. 8: 188, pl. 59, figs. 1-1a.

Nodularia (s.s.) keraudreniSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Nodularia (s.s.) caerulea var. keraudreniPreston (1912)
Nodularia (s.s.) caeruleus var. keraudreniPreston (1915)
Indonaia caeruleaHaas (1969)
Parreysia (Radiatula) caerulea keraudreniSubba Rao (1989)
Radiatula keraudreniNesemann et al. (2007)
Indonaia (caerulea-group) caeruleaBolotov 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.) nuttallianaSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915)
Indonaia olivariaHaas (1969)
Parreysia (Radiatula) nuttallianaSubba Rao (1989), Graf & Cummings (2007), Ramakrishna & Dey (2007)
Parreysia nuttallianaBogan (2010)
Parreysia nuttallianusIUCN (2010)
Radiatula nuttallianaZieritz et al. (2018)
Indonaia nuttallianaGraf & Cummings (2021)
Indonaia (caerulea-group) caeruleaBolotov 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.) cæruleaSimpson (1900)
Nodularia (s.s.) caeruleaPreston (1912), Simpson (1914)
Nodularia (s.s.) caeruleusPreston (1915)
Indonaia caeruleaHaas (1969)
Indonaia (caerulea-group) caeruleaBolotov 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.) cæruleaSimpson (1900)
Nodularia (s.s.) caeruleaPreston (1912), Simpson (1914)
Nodularia (s.s.) caeruleusPreston (1915)
Indonaia caeruleaHaas (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.) cæruleaSimpson (1900)
Nodularia (s.s.) caeruleaPreston (1912), Simpson (1914)
Nodularia (s.s.) caeruleusPreston (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 caeruleaBolotov et al. (2024)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Simpson (1900)
Nodularia (s.s.) cæruleaSimpson (1900)
Nodularia (s.s.) gaudichaudiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Nodularia (s.s.) keraudreniSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Nodularia (s.s.) nuttallianaSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915)
Nodularia (s.s.) caeruleaPreston (1912), Simpson (1914)
Nodularia (s.s.) caerulea var. gaudichaudiPreston (1912)
Nodularia (s.s.) caerulea var. keraudreniPreston (1912)
Lampsilis argyratusSimpson (1914)
Nodularia (s.s.) caeruleusPreston (1915)
Nodularia (s.s.) caeruleus var. gaudichaudiPreston (1915)
Nodularia (s.s.) caeruleus var. keraudreniPreston (1915)
Indonaia caeruleaPrashad (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 caeruleusSrinivasa Rao (1928)
Nannonaia caeruleaModell (1942)
Indonaia olivariaHaas (1969)
Parreysia (Radiatula) caeruleaSubba Rao (1989), Nazneen & Begum (1994), Graf & Cummings (2007), Ramakrishna & Dey (2007)
Parreysia (Radiatula) caerulea gaudichaudiSubba Rao (1989)
Parreysia (Radiatula) caerulea keraudreniSubba Rao (1989)
Parreysia (Radiatula) nuttallianaSubba Rao (1989), Graf & Cummings (2007), Ramakrishna & Dey (2007)
Radiatula (Indonaia) caeruleaNesemann et al. (2003)
Radiatula caeruleaNesemann et al. (2007), Zieritz et al. (2018), Pfeiffer et al. (2018), Pfeiffer et al. (2019)
Parreysia (Radiatula) caerulea var. gaudichaudiRamakrishna & Dey (2007)
Radiatula gaudichaudiNesemann et al. (2007)
Radiatula keraudreniNesemann et al. (2007)
Nodularia caeruleusBurdi et al. (2009)
Parreysia caeruleaBogan (2010), IUCN (2010)
Parreysia nuttallianaBogan (2010)
Parreysia nuttallianusIUCN (2010)
Radiatula aff. caeruleaBolotov et al. (2017)
Radiatula nuttallianaZieritz et al. (2018)
Indonaia nuttallianaGraf & Cummings (2021)
Indonaia (caerulea-group) caeruleaBolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2024)

 
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