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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 scamnata (Morelet, 1849): synonymy
     117 specimens

Unio scamnatus Morelet, 1849
Morelet, 1849. Test. Nov. 1: 30.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE BMNH_93-2-4-1976 (by R.I. Johnson, 1971: 92), Rio Taco Taco, Cuba.

Nephronaias scamnatusSimpson (1900), Ihering (1901)
Unio (Simonaias) scamnatusMartens (1900)
Nephronaias scamnataSimpson (1914), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Elliptio (Nephronaias) scamnatusFrierson (1927), Haas (1929)
Nephronaias (s.s.) scamnataHaas (1969), Johnson (1981)

Unio gundlachi Sowerby, 1866
‘Dunker’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 46, sp. 248.
(misidentified reference to Unio gundlachi Dunker, 1858)

Nephronaias scamnatusSimpson (1900)
Unio (Simonaias) proclinatusMartens (1900)
Nephronaias scamnataSimpson (1914)
Elliptio (Nephronaias) scamnatusFrierson (1927)

Unio (Simonaias) proclinatus Martens, 1900
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 508.
Type(s): SYNTYPES ZMB_33793, Taco fl., Cuba.

Unio (Simonaias) proclinatusMartens (1900)
Nephronaias scamnataSimpson (1914)
Elliptio (Nephronaias) scamnatusFrierson (1927), Haas (1929)
Nephronaias (s.s.) scamnataHaas (1969), Johnson (1981)

Unio bitumen Cooke, 1919
Cooke, 1919. unknown publication: 130, pl. 9, figs. 3a-c.

Nephronaias (s.s.) scamnataJohnson (1981)

Unio scamnatus Dunker, 1858
‘Morelet’ Dunker, 1858. Malak. Blatt. 5: 229.
(reference to Unio scamnatus Morelet, 1849)

Unio (Simonaias) proclinatusMartens (1900)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Nephronaias scamnatusSimpson (1900), Ihering (1901)
Unio (Simonaias) scamnatusMartens (1900)
Unio (Simonaias) proclinatusMartens (1900)
Nephronaias scamnataSimpson (1914), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Elliptio (Nephronaias) scamnatusFrierson (1927), Haas (1929)
Nephronaias (s.s.) scamnataHaas (1969), Johnson (1981)

 
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