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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Popenaiadini | Nephronaias

species Nephronaias aztecorum (Philippi, 1847): synonymy
     79 specimens

Unio aztecorum Philippi, 1847
Philippi, 1847. Z. Malak. 4: 95.
Philippi, 1849. Abbild. Beschr. Conch. 4: 27, pl. 6, fig. 2.

Lampsilis (Proptera) aztecorumSimpson (1900)
Unio (Nephronaias) aztecorumMartens (1900)
Nephronaias medellinusIhering (1901)
Lampsilis aztecorumPilsbry (1910)
Nephronaias aztecorumSimpson (1914), Contreras-Arquieta (2000), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023)
Lampsilis (Disconaias) aztecorumFrierson (1927)
Elliptio (Nephronaias) aztecorumHaas (1929)
Nephronaias (s.s.) aztecorumHaas (1969)

Unio strebelii Lea, 1866
Lea, 1866. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 18: 133.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 318 [78], pl. 51, fig. 131.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85661, Vera Cruz, Mexico.

Nephronaias medellinusSimpson (1900)
Unio (Nephronaias) aztecorum var. strebeliMartens (1900)
Lampsilis strebeliPilsbry (1910)
Nephronaias medellinaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Disconaias) aztecorumFrierson (1927)
Elliptio (Nephronaias) aztecorumHaas (1929)
Nephronaias (s.s.) aztecorumHaas (1969)

Unio soledadensis Crosse & Fischer, 1893
Crosse & Fischer, 1893. J. de Conch. 41: 111.
Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(16): 608, pl. 69, figs. 3-3b.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN-IM-2000-1785, Mexique, La Soledad.

Unio (Nephronaias) aztecorum var. soledadensisMartens (1900)
Nephronaias soledadensisSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Disconaias) aztecorumFrierson (1927)
Nephronaias (s.s.) aztecorumHaas (1969)

Unio aztecorum var. chapalanus Martens, 1900
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 504, pl. 36, fig. 5-5a.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio aztecorum Philippi, 1847)
Type(s): TYPE ZMB_9106, Lagune de Chapala, Mexico.

Unio (Nephronaias) aztecorum var. chapalanusMartens (1900)
Nephronaias aztecorum var. chapalanusSimpson (1914)
Nephronaias (s.s.) aztecorumHaas (1969)

Nephronaias aztecorum tolimanensis Pilsbry, 1920
Pilsbry, 1920. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 72: 194, fig. 4.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio aztecorum Philippi, 1847)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_46195, Toliman, Jalisco [Mexico].

Nephronaias (s.s.) aztecorumHaas (1969)

Lampsilis (Disconaias) martensi Frierson, 1927
‘Philippi’ Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: pl. 37, figs. 1-1a [as ‘Unio aztecorum’].
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 83, sp. 364.

Lampsilis (Disconaias) martensiFrierson (1927)
Nephronaias (s.s.) aztecorumHaas (1969)

Unio impressus Menke, 1830
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 107. [nomen nudum]

Unio (Nephronaias) aztecorumMartens (1900)

Unio aztecorum Martens, 1900
‘Philippi’ Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: pl. 37, figs. 1-1a. [in part]
(reference to Unio aztecorum Philippi, 1847)

Lampsilis (Disconaias) martensiFrierson (1927)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Unio (Nephronaias) aztecorumMartens (1900)
Lampsilis (Proptera) aztecorumSimpson (1900)
Nephronaias medellinusSimpson (1900), Ihering (1901)
Unio (Nephronaias) aztecorum var. strebeliMartens (1900)
Unio (Nephronaias) aztecorum var. soledadensisMartens (1900)
Unio (Nephronaias) aztecorum var. chapalanusMartens (1900)
Lampsilis aztecorumPilsbry (1910)
Lampsilis strebeliPilsbry (1910)
Nephronaias aztecorumSimpson (1914), Contreras-Arquieta (2000), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023)
Nephronaias medellinaSimpson (1914)
Nephronaias soledadensisSimpson (1914)
Nephronaias aztecorum var. chapalanusSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Disconaias) aztecorumFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Disconaias) martensiFrierson (1927)
Elliptio (Nephronaias) aztecorumHaas (1929)
Nephronaias (s.s.) aztecorumHaas (1969)

 
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