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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Mesonaias explicata

nominal species Unio explicatus Morelet, 1849

= Mesonaias explicata

Taxonomic Opinions

= Cyrtonaias explicata (Morelet, 1849) — Freeman et al., 2025

= Mesonaias explicata (Morelet, 1849) — Cummings et al., 2025

= Cyrtonaias explicata (Morelet, 1849) — Czaja et al., 2023

= Cyrtonaias explicata (Morelet, 1849) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

= Cyrtonaias explicata — Inoue et al., 2020

= Cyrtonaias explicata (Morelet, 1849) — Pfeiffer et al., 2019

= Cyrtonaias explicata Morelet, 1849 — Bogan, 2010

= Cyrtonaias explicata (Morelet, 1849) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

= Lampsilis explicata (Morelet, 1849) — Contreras-Arquieta, 2000

= Mesonaias explicatus Morelet, 1849 — Contreras-Arquieta, 2000

= Lampsilis explicata (Morelet, 1849) — R.I. Johnson, 1998

= Lampsilis (Mesonaias) explicata (Morelet, 1849) — Haas, 1969

= Lampsilis (Mesonaias) explicata (Morelet, 1849) — Haas, 1969

= Lampsilis (sec. Mesonaias) explicatus (Morelet) — Thiele, 1934

= Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) explicata (Morelet) — Haas, 1929

= Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) explicata (Morelet, 1849) — Frierson, 1927

= Lampsilis (Proptera) explicata (Morelet, 1849) — Simpson, 1914

= Lampsilis (Proptera) explicatus (Morelet, 1849) — Simpson, 1900

= Unio (Uniomerus) explicatus Morelet, 1849 — Martens, 1900

= Unio (Mesonaias) explicatus A. Morelet, 1849 — Fischer & Crosse, 1894

+ Margaron (Unio) semigranosus (Phil.) — Lea, 1870

+ — Lea, 1852

= Unio explicatus — Morelet, 1849