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Publication Thiele (1934): taxonomic opinions
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Thiele, J. 1934. Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde 3: 779-1022. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Acostaea rivolii (Deshayes) = Mulleria rivoli

Acostaea (Pseudomulleria) dalyi (Edg. Smith) = Pseudomulleria dalyi

Actinonaias medellina (Lea)

Actinonaias sapotalensis (Lea)

Acuticosta chinensis (Lea)

Aetheria elliptica Lamarck = Etheria elliptica

Alasmodonta undulata (Say) = Alasmidonta undulata

Alasmodonta (sec. Bullella) arcula (Lea) = Alasmidonta arcula

Alasmodonta (sec. Decurambis) atropurpurea (Rafinesque) = Alasmidonta atropurpurea

Alasmodonta (sec. Pegias) fabula (Lea) = Pegias fabula

Alasmodonta (sec. Pressodonta) calceola (Lea) = Sulcularia viridis

Alasmodonta (sec. Prolasmidonta) heterodon (Lea) = Prolasmidonta heterodon

Amblema costata Rafinesque = Amblema plicata
+ Cokeria southalli Marshall, 1916

Amblema dombeyana (Valenciennes) = Plectomerus dombeyanus

Amblema (sec. Megalonaias) heros (Say) = Megalonaias nervosa

Amblema (sec. Psorula) rudis (Simpson) = Psoronaias crocodilorum

Anodonta arcaeformis (Heude) = Anemina harlandi

Anodonta bahlikiana Pallary = Anodonta vescoiana

Anodonta chapalensis Crosse & P. Fischer = Brachyanodon impura

Anodonta dejecta Lewis = Brachyanodon californiensis

Anodonta globosa Lea = Pyganodon globosa

Anodonta letourneuxi Bourguignat = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta lurulenta Morelet = Anodontites lurulenta

Anodonta ohiensis Rafinesque, 1820 = Potamilus ohiensis

Anodonta pallaryi Bédé = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta pseudodopsis Locard = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta suborbiculata Say = Utterbackiana suborbiculata

Anodonta venusta de Gregorio = Utterbackiana suborbiculata

Anodonta woodiana (Lea) = Sinanodonta woodiana
+ Symphynota magnifica Lea, 1834

Anodontites crispata Bruguière

Anodontites (sec. Lamproscapha) ensiformis (Spix) = Lamproscapha ensiformis

Anodontites (sec. Ruganodontites) colombiensis Marshall = Anodontites colombiensis

Anodontoides ferussaciana (Lea) = Anodontoides ferussacianus

Arcidens confragosus (Say)

Arcidopsis footei (Theobald)

Arconaia contorta (Lea) = Lanceolaria lanceolata

Arkansia wheeleri Ortmann & Walker = Arcidens wheeleri

Aspatharia vignouana (Bernardi) = Aspatharia rugifera

Aspatharia (Brazzaea) anceyi (Bourguignat) = Brazzaea anceyi

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) guillaini (Recluz) = Chambardia wahlbergi

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) lavigeriana (Bourguignat) = Moncetia anceyi
+ Moncetia anceyi Bourguignat, 1886

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) ouassouloui (Rochebrune) = Chambardia rubens

Balwantia soleniformis (Benson)

Bartlettia stefanensis (Moricand)

Batissa tenebrosa Hinds

Byssanodonta paranensis Orbigny

Caelatura [sic] niloticus (Cailliaud) = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Caelatura [sic] rugifera (Küster) = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Caelatura [sic] teretiusculus (Philippi) = Nitia teretiuscula

Caelatura [sic] (Laevirostris) stagnorum (Dautzenberg) = Coelatura stagnorum

Callonaia duprei (Recluz)

Castalia ambigua Lamarck

Castalia undosa Martens

Castaliella sulcata (Krauss)

Castalina martensi Jhering = Castalia martensi

Caudiculatus caudiculatus (Martens)

Chamberlainia hainesiana (Lea)

Conchodromus dromas (Lea) = Dromus dromas

Contradens contradens (Lea) = Lens contradens

Corbicula (Corbiculina) angasi Prime = Corbicula australis

Corbicula (Cyanocyclas) limosa Maton = Cyanocyclas limosa

Corbicula (Cyrenodonax) formosana Dall = Corbicula formosana

Corbicula (s.s.) fluminalis (Müller) = Corbicula fluminalis

Cristaria plicatus (Leach) = Cristaria plicata

Cristaria (sec. Crassitesta) radiata Simpson = Cristaria radiata

Cristaria (sec. Pletholophus) discoidea (Lea) = Pletholophus tenuis

Ctenodesma borneensis (Issel)

Cuneopsis celtiformis (Heude)

Cyprogenia stegaria (Rafinesque)
+ Unio irroratus Lea, 1828

Cyrenoida dupontia Joannis

Diplodon (Bulloideus) variabilis (Maton) = Diplodon variabilis
+ Unio bulloides Lea, 1859

Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) paranensis (Lea) = Diplodon paranensis

Diplodon (s.s.) wagnerianus Simpson = Diplodon ellipticus
+ Diplodon ellipticum Wagner, 1827

Diplodontites cookei Marshal

Discomya radulosus (Drouet & Chaper) = Discomya radulosa

Egeria radiata (Lamarck) = Galatea paradoxa

Elliptio poeyana (Lea) = Nephritica poeyana

Elliptio reticulata (Simpson, 1900) = Arotonaias reticulata

Elliptio rubicunda (Martens) = Psoronaias rubicunda

Elliptio sloatianus (Lea) = Elliptoideus sloatianus

Elliptio (s.s.) crassidens (Lamarcq) [sic] = Elliptio crassidens

Elliptio (s.s.) dilatata (Rafinesque) = Eurynia dilatata
+ Unio gibbosus Barnes, 1823

Elliptio (sec. Barynaias) pigerrima (Crosse & P. Fischer) = Psoronaias crocodilorum

Elliptio (sec. Canthyria) spinosus (Lea) = Elliptio spinosa

Elliptio (sec. Micronaias) aratus (Lea) = Micronaias arata

Elliptio (sec. Nephronaias) plicatula (Charpentier) = Nephronaias aztecorum

Elliptio (sec. Popenaias) popei (Lea) = Popenaias popeii

Elliptio (sec. Uniomerus) tetralasmus (Say) = Uniomerus tetralasmus

Elongaria (s.s.) orientalis (Lea) = Rectidens orientalis

Elongaria (sec. Nannonaia) trompi (Drouet & Chaper) = Nannonaia trompi

Ensidens (s.s.) ingallsianus (Lea) = Ensidens ingallsianus

Ensidens (sec. Uniandra) inaequalis (Rochebrune, 1882) = Lens micropterus

Epioblasma (s.s.) foliatum (Hildreth) = Epioblasma flexuosa
+ Epioblasma biloba Rafinesque, 1831

Epioblasma (s.s.) foliatum (Hildreth) = Epioblasma rangiana

Epioblasma (sec. Capsaeformis) capsaeforme (Lea) = Epioblasma capsaeformis

Epioblasma (sec. Penita) penitum (Conrad) = Epioblasma penita

Epioblasma (sec. Pilea) personatum (Say) = Epioblasma personata

Epioblasma (sec. Scalenilla) sulcatus (Lea) = Epioblasma obliquata

Epioblasma (sec. Torulosa) torulosum (Rafinesque) = Epioblasma torulosa

Epioblasma (sec. Truncillopsis) triquetrum (Rafinesque) = Epioblasma triquetra

Fossula fossiculifera (Orbigny)

Friersonia iridella (Pilsbry & Frierson)

Fusconaia trigonus (Lea) = Fusconaia flava

Glebula rotundata (Lamarck)

Gonidea angulata (Lea)

Grandidieria burtoni (Woodward)

Haasica balzani (Jhering)

Hemistena lata (Rafinesque)

Hyridella (s.s.) australis (Lamarck) = Hyridella australis

Hyridella (sec. Propehyridella) nepeanensis (Conrad) = Hyridella australis

Hyridella (sec. Protohyridella) glenelgensis (Dennant) = Hyridella glenelgensis

Hyriopsis delphinus (Gruner) = Hyriopsis bialata

Inversidens brandtii (Kobelt)

Iphigenia (s.s.) delessertii Bernardi = Profischeria delessertii

Iphigenia (s.s.) laevigata [(Chemnitz) Gmelin] = Iphigenia laevigata

Iridina (s.s.) exotica Lamarck = Mutela dubia

Iridina (sec. Cameronia) spekii Woodward = Pleiodon spekii

Iridina (sec. Pliodon) ovata Swainson = Pleiodon ovatus

Jheringella isocardioides (Lea) = Iheringella isocardiodes

Lamellidens marginalis (Lamarck)

Lamprotula plumbea (Chemnitz)

Lampsilis ovata (Say)

Lampsilis (sec. Cyrtonaias) berlandierii (Lea) = Cyrtonaias berlandierii

Lampsilis (sec. Delphinonaias) delphinulus (Morelet) = Delphinonaias largillierti

Lampsilis (sec. Disconaias) discus (Lea) = Disconaias disca

Lampsilis (sec. Mesonaias) explicatus (Morelet) = Mesonaias explicata

Lampsilis (sec. Ortmanniana) carinata (Barnes) = Ortmanniana ligamentina

Lampsilis (sec. Phyllonaias) paludosus (Morelet) = Delphinonaias largillierti

Lampsilis (sec. Venustaconcha) venusta (Lea) = Venustaconcha ellipsiformis

Lampsilis (sec. Villosa) villosa (Wright) = Villosa villosa

Lanceolaria (s.s.) grayana (Lea) = Lanceolaria grayii

Lanceolaria (sec. Pericylindrica) cylindrica (Simpson) = Lanceolaria cylindrica

Lasmigona (s.s.) costata (Rafinesque) = Lasmigona costata

Lasmigona (sec. Platynaias) compressa (Lea) = Platynaias compressa

Lasmigona (sec. Pterosyna) complanata (Barnes) = Pterosyna complanata

Lasmigona (sec. Sulcularia) holstonia (Lea) = Alasminota holstonia
+ Sulcularia badia Rafinesque, 1831

Lasmigona (sec. Sulcularia) holstonia (Lea) = Sulcularia viridis

Leguminaia mardinensis (Lea) = Leguminaia wheatleyi

Leguminaia (sec. Microcondylaea) uniopsis (Lamarck) = Microcondylaea bonellii

Leguminaia (sec. Pseudoleguminaia) locardi Simpson, 1900 = Leguminaia saulcyi
+ Pseudodon chantrei Locard, 1883

Leila esula (Orbigny)

Lemiox caelatus (Conrad) = Lemiox rimosus

Lepidodesma languilati (Heude)

Leptodea fragilis Rafinesque = Potamilus fragilis

Lexingtonia subplana (Conrad) = Fusconaia masoni

Ligumia (Micromya) fabalis (Lea) = Paetulunio fabalis

Ligumia (s.s.) recta (Lamarck) = Ligumia recta

Margaritana (Cumberlandia) monodonta (Say) = Cumberlandia monodonta

Margaritana (Potomida) auricularius (Spengler) = Pseudunio auricularius
+ Unio sinuata Lamarck, 1819

Margaritana (s.s.) margaritifera (Linné) = Margaritifera margaritifera

Medionidus conradicus (Lea)

Monocondylaea paraguayana Orbigny

Mutela dubia (Gmelin)

Mutela (sec. Chelidonopsis) hirundo (Martens) = Chelidonopsis hirundo

Mycetopoda siliquosa (Spix)

Mycetopodella falcata (Higgins)

Obliquaria reflexa Rafinesque

Obovaria (Pseudoon) ellipsis (Lea) = Obovaria olivaria

Obovaria (s.s.) retusa (Lamarck) = Obovaria retusa

Oxynaia jourdyi (Morlet) = Nodularia douglasiae

Pachynaias spheniopsis (Morelet)

Parreysia (Diaurora) auroreus (Heude) = Diaurora aurorea

Parreysia (Radiatula) crispisulcata (Lea) [sic] = Radiatula crispisulcata

Parreysia (s.s.) corrugata (Müller) = Parreysia corrugata
+ Unio multidentatus Philippi, 1847

Physunio (s.s.) gravidus (Lea) = Physunio superbus

Physunio (sec. Velunio) velaris (Sowerby) = Lamellidens friersoni

Pilsbryoconcha exilis (Lea)

Pisidium amnicum (Müller)

Pisidium compressum Prime = Euglesa compressa

Pisidium fontinale C. Pfeiifer = Euglesa casertana

Pisidium henslowianum [sic] (Sheppard) = Euglesa henslowana

Pisidium idahoense Roper, 1890 = Pisidium idahoensis

Pisidium landeroini Germain = Euglesa subtruncata

Pisidium obtusale C. Pfeiffer, 1821 = Euglesa ventricosa
+ Pisidium scholtzii Clessin, 1873

Pisidium obtusale C. Pfeiffer, 1821 = Euglesa obtusalis

Pisidium supinum A. Schmidt = Euglesa supina

Pisidium torquatum Stelfox = Odhneripisidium moitessierianum

Pisidium virginicum (Gmelin) = Pisidium dubium

Plagiolopsis securis (Lea) = Ellipsaria lineolata

Plethobasus aesopus (Green) = Plethobasus cyphyus

Pleurobema clava (Lamarck)
+ Pleurobema mytiloides Rafinesque, 1820

Polymesoda (Egetaria) pullastra (Mörch) = Polymesoda notabilis

Polymesoda (Geloina) ceylanica [sic] (Lamarck) = Geloina coaxans

Polymesoda (Pseudocyrena) maritima (Orbigny) = Polymesoda floridana

Polymesoda (s.s.) caroliniana (Bosc) = Polymesoda caroliniana

Pressidens moellendorffi Haas = Pressidens exanthematicus

Prisodon (s.s.) obliquus Schumacher = Prisodon obliquus

Prisodon (Triplodon s.s.) rugosus Spix = Triplodon corrugatus

Prisodon (Triplodon sec. Triquetrana) stevensii (Lea) = Triplodon corrugatus

Prisodontopsis johnstoni (Smith, E.A.) = Prisodontopsis aviculaeformis

Prohyriopsis stolata (Martens)

Proptera alata (Say) = Potamilus alatus

Protunio messageri (Bavay & Dautzenberg)

Pseudobaphia biesianus (Heude) = Pseudobaphia biesiana

Pseudocorbicula alluaudi Dautzenberg, 1908 = Sphaerium nyanzae

Pseudodon (s.s.) vondembuschianus (Lea) = Pseudodon inoscularis
+ Anodon inoscularis Gould, 1844

Pseudodon (s.s.) vondembuschianus (Lea) = Pseudodon vondembuschianus

Pseudodon (sec. Bineurus) mouhoti (Lea) = Bineurus mouhotii

Pseudodon (sec. Chrysopseudodon) aureus Heude = Pseudobaphia aurea

Pseudodon (sec. Cosmopseudodon) resupinatus Martens = Cosmopseudodon resupinatus

Pseudodon (sec. Diplopseudodon) crassus Drouet = Pseudodon walpolei

Pseudodon (sec. Indopseudodon) salwenianus (Gould) = Indopseudodon salwenianus

Pseudodon (sec. Nasus) nankingensis (Heude) = Simpsonasus nankingensis

Pseudodon (sec. Obovalis) loomisi Simpson = Obovalis omiensis

Pseudodon (sec. Trigonodon) crebristriatus (Anthony) = Indopseudodon crebristriatus

Pseudospatha tanganyicensis (Edg. Smith)

Psilunio littoralis (Lamarck) = Potomida littoralis

Psilunio semirugata (Lamarck) = Potomida semirugata

Psoronaias psoricus (Morelet) = Psoronaias crocodilorum

Ptychobranchus fasciolaris (Rafinesque)
+ Unio phaseolus Hildreth, 1828

Ptychobranchus subtentus (Say)

Ptychorhynchus pfisteri (Heude)

Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820)

Quadrula (sec. Amphinaias) couchiana (Lea) = Quadrula couchiana

Quadrula (sec. Theliderma) metaneura [sic] (Rafinesque) = Theliderma metanevra

Quincuncina burkei Walker = Fusconaia burkei

Rectidens prolongatus (Drouet) = Rectidens sumatrensis

Rhombuniopsis tauriformis (Fulton)

Rotundaria subrotunda (Rafinesque) = Obovaria subrotunda

Rotundaria tuberculata (Rafinesque) = Cyclonaias tuberculata

Scabies scobinata (Lea) = Scabies scobinatus

Schepmania nieuwenhuisi (Schepman)

Schistodesmus lampreyanus (Baird & Adams)

Simpsonella purpurea (Valenciennes) = Simpsonella burroughiana

Simpsoniconcha ambigua (Say) = Simpsonaias ambigua

Soleilletia abbadiana Bourguignat

Solenaia emarginatus (Lea) = Solenaia emarginata

Sphaerium (Amesoda) sulcata (Lamarck) = Sphaerium simile
+ Cyclas similis Say, 1817

Sphaerium (Cyrenastrum) solidum (Normand) = Sphaerium solidum

Sphaerium (Musculium) lacustris (Müller) = Sphaerium lacustre

Sphaerium (s.s.) corneum (Linné) = Sphaerium corneum

Sphaerium (Serratisphaerium) [sic] courteti Germain = Sphaerium hartmanni

Sphaerium (Sphaeriastrum) rivicola (Leach) = Sphaerium rivicola

Strophitus alabamensis (Lea) = Pseudodontoideus connasaugaensis

Strophitus undulata (Say) = Strophitus undulatus

Strophitus wrightianus Walker = Alasmidonta wrightiana

Tamsiella tamsiana (Dunker)

Toxelasma lividum (Rafinesque) = Toxolasma lividum

Trapezoideus foliaceus (Gould)

Tritogonia tuberculata (Barnes) = Quadrula verrucosa

Truncilla truncata Rafinesque

Unio terminalis Bourguignat

Unio (Cafferia) caffer Krauss = Unio caffer

Unionella fabagina (DeShayes & Jullien) = Unionetta fabagina

Villorita cyprinoides (Gray)

Virgus novaehollandiae (Gray) = Cucumerunio novaehollandiae

Virgus (s.s.) beccarianus (Tapparone Canefri) = Virgus beccarianus

Virgus (sec. Leiovirgus) misoolensis (Schepman) = Hyridella misoolensis