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

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species Margaritifera hembeli (Conrad, 1838): synonymy
     0 specimens + 1 Genbank voucher

Unio hembeli Conrad, 1838
Conrad, 1838. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(10): 93, pl. 51.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_56529, no locality, but sent from New Orleans, Louisiana.

Margaritana hembeliSimpson (1900), Ortmann (1912), Simpson (1914), Frierson (1927), Clench & Turner (1956)
Margaritifera (s.s.) hembeliHaas (1969)
Schalienaia hembeliStarobogatov (1970)
Margaritifera hembeliHeard & Guckert (1970), Burch (1975), Davis & Fuller (1981), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), ... Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Chen et al. (2025), Moorkens et al. (2026), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Pseudunio hembeliD.G. Smith (2001)

Complanaria hempelii Agassiz, 1852
Agassiz, 1852. Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 49.
(error for Unio hembeli Conrad, 1838)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Margaritana hembeliSimpson (1900), Ortmann (1912), Simpson (1914), Frierson (1927), Clench & Turner (1956)
Margaritifera (s.s.) hembeliHaas (1969)
Schalienaia hembeliStarobogatov (1970)
Margaritifera hembeliHeard & Guckert (1970), Burch (1975), Davis & Fuller (1981), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), ... Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Chen et al. (2025), Moorkens et al. (2026), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Pseudunio hembeliD.G. Smith (2001)

 
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