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

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species Pustulosa kleiniana (Lea, 1852): synonymy
     1 specimen + 7 Genbank vouchers

Unio kleinianus Lea, 1852
Lea, 1852. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 5]: 265 [21], pl. 17, fig. 18.
Lea, 1852. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5: 251. [nomen nudum]
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84041, Suwanee R., Fla.

Quadrula (sec. Theliderma) kleinianaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Quadrula kleinianaOrtmann (1910), Bogan (2010), Williams et al. (2011), Williams et al. (2014)
Quadrula (Quincuncina) securiformis-kleinianaFrierson (1927)
Quincuncina infucataClench & Turner (1956), Burch (1975), Brim Box & Williams (2000)
Quincuncina securiformis kleinianaHaas (1969)
Quincuncina kleinianaCampbell et al. (2005)
Rotundaria kleinianaCampbell & Lydeard (2012), Campbell & Lydeard (2012)
Amphinaias kleinianaITIS (2013)
Cyclonaias kleinianaWilliams et al. (2017), Johnson et al. (2018), Lopes-Lima et al. (2019), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)
Pustulosa kleinianaNeemuchwala et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

Unio sparsus Küster, 1861
‘Lea Mss.’ Küster, 1861. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 252, pl. 85, fig. 2.
(homonym of Unio sparsus Lea, 1841)

Quadrula (sec. Theliderma) kleinianaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Quadrula (Quincuncina) securiformisFrierson (1927)
Cyclonaias kleinianaLopes-Lima et al. (2019)

Unio liratus Shuttleworth, 1852
Shuttleworth, 1852. unknown publication: ??.

Quadrula (Quincuncina) securiformisFrierson (1927)
Cyclonaias kleinianaLopes-Lima et al. (2019)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Quadrula (sec. Theliderma) kleinianaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Quadrula kleinianaOrtmann (1910), Bogan (2010), Williams et al. (2011), Williams et al. (2014)
Quadrula (Quincuncina) securiformis-kleinianaFrierson (1927)
Quadrula (Quincuncina) securiformisFrierson (1927)
Quincuncina infucataClench & Turner (1956), Burch (1975), Brim Box & Williams (2000)
Quincuncina securiformis kleinianaHaas (1969)
Quincuncina kleinianaCampbell et al. (2005)
Rotundaria kleinianaCampbell & Lydeard (2012), Campbell & Lydeard (2012)
Amphinaias kleinianaITIS (2013)
Cyclonaias kleinianaWilliams et al. (2017), Johnson et al. (2018), Lopes-Lima et al. (2019), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)
Pustulosa kleinianaNeemuchwala et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

 
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