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

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species Nephronaias goascoranensis (Lea, 1858): synonymy
     20 specimens

Unio goascoranensis Lea, 1858
Lea, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 118.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 258 [76], pl. 41, fig. 139.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85086, Goascoran R., Honduras.

Nephronaias goascoranensisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023)
Unio (Sphenonaias) goascoranensisMartens (1900)
Nephronaias calamitarumIhering (1901)
Elliptio (Nephronaias) goascoranensisFrierson (1927), Haas (1929)
Nephronaias (s.s.) goascoranensisHaas (1969)

Unio goascoranensis Martens, 1900
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 501, pl. 38, figs. 10-10a.
(reference to Unio goascoranensis Lea, 1858)

Nephronaias goascoranensisSimpson (1914)
Elliptio (Nephronaias) guatemalensis [sic]Frierson (1927)

Unio (Elliptio) guatemalanus Martens, 1900
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 519, pl. 38, figs. 7-8a.
Type(s): TYPE ZMB_MP_0513, Rio Michatoya, bei Paso San Antonio, Guatemala.

Unio (Elliptio) guatemalanusMartens (1900)
Nephronaias goascoranensisSimpson (1914)
Elliptio (Nephronaias) guatemalensis [sic]Frierson (1927)
Elliptio (Nephronaias) rowelliiHaas (1929)
Nephronaias (s.s.) goascoranensisHaas (1969)

Unio goascoraensis B.H. Wright, 1888
‘Lea’ B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [3].
(error for Unio goascoranensis Lea, 1858)

Elliptio (Nephronaias) guatemalensis Frierson, 1927
‘von Martens’ Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 36.
(error for Unio (Elliptio) guatemalanus Martens, 1900)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Nephronaias goascoranensisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023)
Unio (Sphenonaias) goascoranensisMartens (1900)
Unio (Elliptio) guatemalanusMartens (1900)
Nephronaias calamitarumIhering (1901)
Elliptio (Nephronaias) goascoranensisFrierson (1927), Haas (1929)
Elliptio (Nephronaias) guatemalensis [sic]Frierson (1927)
Elliptio (Nephronaias) rowelliiHaas (1929)
Nephronaias (s.s.) goascoranensisHaas (1969)

 
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