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Publication Küster (1862): taxonomic opinions
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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.

Taxonomic Opinions

Dipsas discoidea Lea = Pletholophus tenuis
+ Unio tenuis Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833

Margaritana ambigua Say = Simpsonaias ambigua

Margaritana arcuata Barnes = Margaritifera margaritifera

Margaritana bonellii Férussac = Microcondylaea bonellii
+ Alasmodonta compressa Menke, 1830
+ Unio depressa C. Pfeiffer, 1825

Margaritana calceola Lea = Pressodonta viridis
+ Alasmodonta truncata Conrad, 1834

Margaritana correyana [sic] Lea = Pegias fabula

Margaritana deltoidea Lea = Pressodonta viridis

Margaritana fabula Lea = Pegias fabula

Margaritana fragilis Mousson = Pseudodon vondembuschianus

Margaritana holstoniana [sic] Lea = Alasminota holstonia

Margaritana margaritifera Linné = Margaritifera margaritifera

Margaritana marginata Say = Alasmidonta varicosa
+ Unio varicosa Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio rugulosus Wood, 1828

Margaritana marginata Say = Alasmidonta marginata

Margaritana radiata Conrad = Strophitus radiatus

Margaritana raveneliana Lea = Alasmidonta raveneliana
+ Unio swananoensis Hanley, 1843

Margaritana triangulata Lea = Alasmidonta triangulata

Margaritana undulata Say = Alasmidonta undulata
+ Unio hians Valenciennes, 1827
+ Unio glabratus Sowerby & Sowerby, 1821

Margaritana von dem buschiana Lea = Pseudodon vondembuschianus

Margaritana zollingeri Mousson = Pseudodon vondembuschianus

Monocondylaea planulata Lea = Pseudodon vondembuschianus

Monocondylaea rhomboidea Lea = Pseudodontopsis euphratica

Plagiodon isocardioides Lea = Iheringella isocardiodes

Unio araucanus Philippi = Diplodon chilensis

Unio aztecorum Philippi = Nephronaias aztecorum

Unio bigbyensis Lea = Pleuronaia barnesiana

Unio chilensis Gray = Diplodon chilensis

Unio corrugatus Müller = Parreysia corrugata
+ Unio corrugata Bruguière, 1797

Unio cyrenoides Philippi = Arotonaias cyrenoides

Unio dunkerianus Lea = Diplodon ellipticus

Unio fatuus Lea = Cambarunio iris

Unio flavus Rafinesque = Fusconaia flava

Unio fulmineus Parreiss = Parreysia corrugata

Unio gabonensis Küster = Coelatura gabonensis

Unio holstonensis Lea = Pleurobema oviforme

Unio japanensis Lea = Pronodularia japanensis

Unio jejunus Lea = Elliptio complanata

Unio kotschyi Küster = Unio crassus
+ Unio orientalis Küster, 1862

Unio kotschyi Küster = Unio bruguierianus

Unio latus Rafinesque = Hemistena lata

Unio liebmanni Philippi = Sphenonaias liebmanni

Unio lineatus Lea = Lampsilis binominata

Unio membranaceus Maton = Diplodon variabilis
+ Unio matoniana d’Orbigny, 1835

Unio mexicanus Philippi

Unio molinae Philippi = Diplodon chilensis

Unio mytiloides Rafinesque = Pleurobema clava

Unio obliquatus Rafinesque = Epioblasma obliquata

Unio parreissii [sic] von dem Busch = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Unio patulus Lea = Pleurobema clava

Unio paulus Lea = Toxolasma paulum

Unio perovalis Conrad = Hamiota perovalis

Unio placidus Lea = Pleurobema perovatum

Unio plenus Lea = Pleurobema plenum

Unio plumbeus Chemnitz = Lamprotula plumbea

Unio psammoica d’Orbigny = Castalia psammoica

Unio pullus Conrad = Toxolasma pullus

Unio pumilio Parreiss = Indonaia olivaria

Unio rangianus Lea = Epioblasma rangiana

Unio ravenelianus Lea = Pleurobema oviforme
+ Unio rudis Conrad, 1837

Unio ridibundus Say = Epioblasma obliquata
+ Unio sulcatus Lea, 1829

Unio rudus Lea = Diplodon delodontus

Unio rugosus Gmelin = Indonaia rugosa

Unio rutilans Lea = Villosa vibex

Unio saccatus Anthony = Epioblasma florentina

Unio schwerzenbachi Parreiss = Unio bruguierianus

Unio semiplicatus Küster = Medionidus acutissimus

Unio sennaariensis Küster = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Unio simus Lea = Cambarunio simus

Unio sloatianus Lea = Elliptoideus sloatianus

Unio solidus Lea = Pleurobema sintoxia

Unio spathulatus [sic] Lea = Venustaconcha ellipsiformis

Unio subangulatus Lea = Hamiota subangulata

Unio subplanus Conrad = Fusconaia masoni

Unio subtrapezius Philippi = Diplodon variabilis

Unio taeniatus Conrad = Cambarunio taeniatus

Unio tampicoënsis Lea = Mesonaias tampicoensis

Unio tappanianus Lea = Platynaias subviridis
+ Unio viridis Conrad, 1835

Unio tetricus Lea = Elliptio pullata

Unio trapezoides Lea = Plectomerus dombeyanus
+ Unio crassidens Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio interruptus Say, 1831

Unio turcicus Parreiss = Unio bruguierianus

Unio vanuxemensis Lea = Leaunio vanuxemensis

Unio verrucosus Rafinesque = Quadrula verrucosa
+ Unio tuberculatus Barnes, 1823