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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Popenaiadini genus Psoronaias Crosse & Fischer, 1894: synonymy
5 Recent valid species (5 total species) Psoronaias Fischer & Crosse, 1894
Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 556.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio psoricus Morelet, 1851 (orig. desig.) = Psoronaias crocodilorum Barynaias Fischer & Crosse, 1894
Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 557.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio pigerrimus Crosse & Fischer, 1894 (orig. desig.) = Psoronaias crocodilorum Martensnaias Frierson, 1927
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 38.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Elliptio Rafinesque, 1819)
Type species: Unio rubicundus Martens, 1900 (orig. desig.) = Psoronaias rubicunda Psorula Haas, 1930
Haas, 1930. Senckenbergiana 12(6): 319.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Amblema Rafinesque, 1820)
Type species: Quadrula rudis Simpson, 1900 (orig. desig.) = Psoronaias crocodilorum Martinsnaias Lopes-Lima et al., 2017
‘Frierson’ Lopes-Lima et al., 2017. MPE 106: 182.
(error for Martensnaias Frierson, 1927) Taxonomic History (since 1900)Quadrula (Rotundaria) — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (Psoronaias) — Martens (1900)
Unio (Pleurobema) — Martens (1900)
Unio (Elliptio) — Martens (1900)
Quadrula — Simpson (1900), Pilsbry (1910)
Unio — Pilsbry (1910)
Psoronaias — Frierson (1917), Frierson (1927), Haas (1929), Haas (1930), Thiele (1934), ... Smith et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023), Freeman et al. (2025), Cummings et al. (2025)
Elliptio (Martensnaias) — Frierson (1927)
Elliptio (Barynaias) — Frierson (1927), Haas (1929)
Elliptio (Nephronaias) — Haas (1929)
Rotundaria — Haas (1929)
Amblema (Psorula) — Haas (1930), Haas (1969)
Amblema (sec. Psorula) — Thiele (1934)
Elliptio (sec. Barynaias) — Thiele (1934)
Elliptio — Thiele (1934), Contreras-Arquieta (2000)
Psorula — Haas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Pfeiffer et al. (2019), Inoue et al. (2020), Freeman et al. (2025)
Nephronaias (s.s.) — Haas (1969)
Nephronaias (Martensnaias) — Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Barynaias — Haas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023)
Martensnaias — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Nephronaias — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023)
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