MUSSELp
 
MUSSELpdb
 
 
Taxonomy
 
 
Geography
 
 
 

Page last updated
Thu 3 September 2025

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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

Search the database pages:

Publication Küster (1862): attributed nominal species
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Küster, H.C. 1862. Die Flussperlmuscheln (Unio et Hyria). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz Fortgesetzt von Hofrath Dr. G. v. Schubert und Professor Dr. J.A. Wagner 9(2): 257-318, pls. 68, 87-100. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) tampicoensis kusteriana Frierson, 1927
‘Lea’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 275, pl. 93, fig. 1 [as ‘Unio tampicoënsis’].
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 85, sp. 383d.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio tampicoensis Lea, 1838)
Type(s): TYPE LOST XXX_UNKNOWN, [locality unknown].

Margaritana correyana Küster, 1862
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 300.
Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 173.
(error for Margaritana curreyiana Lea, 1840)

Margaritana fragilis Küster, 1862
‘Mousson’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 45. [nomen nudum]
‘Mousson’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 295, pl. 98, fig. 2.

Margaritana holstoniana Küster, 1862
‘Lea’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 302.
(error for Margaritana holstonia Lea, 1838)

Margaritana marginata Küster, 1862
‘Say’ of Authors.
Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 297, pl. 99, fig. 3.
Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 51, sp. 267.
(reference to Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818)

Monocondylaea rhomboidea Küster, 1862
‘Lea’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 304, pl. 100, fig. 7.
(misidentified reference to Monocondyloea rhomboidea Lea, 1859)

Unio bullatus Küster, 1862
‘Lea’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 311.
(error for Unio pullatus Lea, 1857)

Unio gabonensis Küster, 1862
Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 291, pl. 97, fig. 7.
Type(s): TYPE UNKNOWN, Gabon in West Africa.

Unio kotschyi Küster, 1862
Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 267, pl. 90, fig. 5.

Unio modulatus Küster, 1862
‘Raf.’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 311.
(error for Obliquaria (Quadrula) nodulata Rafinesque, 1820)

Unio murchinsonianus Küster, 1862
‘Lea’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 309.
(error for Unio murchisonianus Lea, 1834)

Unio orientalis Küster, 1862
‘Parreis in sched.’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 267.
(intro'd as syn of Unio kotschyi Küster, 1862)

Unio parreissii Küster, 1862
‘von dem Busch’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 268.
(error for Unio parreyssi Philippi, 1848)

Unio placidus Küster, 1862
‘Lea Mss.’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 262, pl. 88, fig. 2.

Unio pumilio Küster, 1862
‘Parreiss is sched.’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 268, pl. 90, fig. 7.

Unio rugosus Küster, 1862
‘Gmelin’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 290, pl. 97, fig. 5.
(reference to Mya rugosa Gmelin, 1791)

Unio saccatus Küster, 1862
‘Anthony’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 263, pl. 89, fig. 2.
(homonym of Unio tumidus var. saccatus Rossmässler, 1859)

Unio semiplicatus Küster, 1862
Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 279, pl. 94, fig. 4.

Unio sennaariensis Küster, 1862
Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 280, pl. 94, figs. 5-6.

Unio spathulatus Küster, 1862
‘Lea’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 261.
(error for Unio spatulatus Lea, 1845)

Unio tabascoensii Küster, 1862
‘Charp.’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 309.
(error for Unio tabascoensis Küster, 1856)

Unio tampicoensis Küster, 1862
‘Lea’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 275, pl. 93, fig. 1 [as ‘tampicoënsis’].
(reference to Unio tampicoensis Lea, 1838)

Unio tavoiensis Küster, 1862
‘Gould’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 309.
(error for Unio tavoyensis Gould, 1843)

Unio turcicus Küster, 1862
‘Parreiss in sched.’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 267, pl. 90, figs. 3-4.
Type(s): SYNTYPES BMNH_47-5-28-1-2, Brussna.

 
NSF icon MUSSEL icon
"Making the world a better place, one mollusk at a time."