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

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Publication Morelet (1849): attributed nominal species
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Morelet. 1849. Testacea Novissima Insulæ Cubanæ et Americæ Centralis 1. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodon lurulentus Morelet, 1849
Morelet, 1849. Test. Nov. 1: 28.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_93-2-4-2003, in paludibus Usumacinta, Guatemala.

Unio aeruginosus Morelet, 1849
Morelet, 1849. Test. Nov. 1: 29 [as ‘æruginosus’].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_93-2-4-2019, In rivulo Michol, circa Palenqueanum vicum.

Unio calamitarum Morelet, 1849
Morelet, 1849. Test. Nov. 1: 30.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE BMNH_93-2-4-2010, Baluntie, near Palenque.

Unio crocodilorum Morelet, 1849
Morelet, 1849. Test. Nov. 1: 28.
Type(s): SYNTYPE BMNH_1893-2-4-2030, River Usumacinta, Central America.

Unio delphinulus Morelet, 1849
Morelet, 1849. Test. Nov. 1: 31.
Type(s): SYNTYPE BMNH_93-2-4-1588, Lac de Flores, Peten, Guatemala.

Unio explicatus Morelet, 1849
Morelet, 1849. Test. Nov. 1: 28.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE BMNH_93-2-4-2027, flumen Usumasinta, ad pagum Balancan Tabascensium [Mexico].

Unio ostreatus Morelet, 1849
Morelet, 1849. Test. Nov. 1: 29.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_94-3-22-2, flumen Usumacinta, Guatemala.

Unio paludosus Morelet, 1849
Morelet, 1849. Test. Nov. 1: 30.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_93-2-4-2024, propre San Geronimo, Yucatan.

Unio ravistellus Morelet, 1849
Morelet, 1849. Test. Nov. 1: 29.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_93-2-4-2021, Lake d’Yzabal, Guatemala.

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.

Unio scutulatus Morelet, 1849
Morelet, 1849. Test. Nov. 1: 30.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE BMNH_1893-2-4-2014, S. Geronimo, Yucatan, Mexico.

Unio spheniopsis Morelet, 1849
Morelet, 1849. Test. Nov. 1: 29.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_93-2-4-2028, flumen Usumacinta, Guatemala.

Unio testudineus Morelet, 1849
Morelet, 1849. Test. Nov. 1: 28.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_94-3-22-1, flumen Usumacinta, Guatemala.
 
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