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

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Publication Küster (1848): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Küster, H.C. 1848. 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): 1-40, pls. 1-7, 15. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Taxonomic Opinions

Unio alatus Say = Potamilus alatus
+ Metaptera megaptera Rafinesque, 1820

Unio blandingianus Lea = Uniomerus carolinianus

Unio capax Green = Potamilus capax
+ Symphynota globosa Lea, 1834

Unio cariosus Say = Lampsilis cariosa
+ Unio ovata Valenciennes, 1827

Unio clava Lamarck = Pleurobema clava
+ Obliquaria (Scalenaria) scalenia Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio modioliformis Lea, 1834
+ Unio clavus Conrad, 1835

Unio delphinus Gruner = Hyriopsis bialata

Unio dilatatus Rafinesque = Eurynia dilatata
+ Unio dilatatus Say, 1834
+ Unio nasuta Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio gibbosus Barnes, 1823

Unio fasciatus Rafinesque = Ortmanniana ligamentina
+ Unio fasciatus Conrad, 1835
+ Unio carinatus Barnes, 1823

Unio fasciolus Rafinesque = Lampsilis fasciola
+ Unio fasciolus Say, 1834
+ Unio multiradiatus Lea, 1829

Unio fragilis Rafinesque = Potamilus fragilis
+ Unio fragilis Swainson, 1823
+ Unio gracilis Barnes, 1823

Unio gibbosus Rafinesque = Epioblasma torulosa
+ Unio gibbosus Ferussac, 1835
+ Unio perplexus Lea, 1831

Unio glans Lea = Toxolasma lividum
+ Unio glans Conrad, 1836

Unio glans Lea = Venustaconcha trabalis

Unio inflatus Lea = Potamilus inflatus
+ Unio alabamensis Conrad, 1834

Unio ligamentinus Lamarck = Ortmanniana ligamentina
+ Unio crassidens Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio crassus Say, 1817
+ Unio ellipticus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio abruptus Say, 1831
+ Toxolasma cyclips Rafinesque, 1831
+ Unio crassus Conrad, 1836

Unio ligamentinus Lamarck = Lampsilis abrupta

Unio masoni Conrad = Fusconaia masoni

Unio niger Rafinesque = Elliptio crassidens
+ Unio niger Conrad, 1836
+ Unio crassidens Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio cuneatus Barnes, 1823

Unio ovatus Say = Lampsilis ovata
+ Unio ovata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio ovata Lamarck, 1819

Unio ovatus Say = Lampsilis cariosa

Unio parvus Barnes = Toxolasma parvum
+ Unio parvus Conrad, 1836

Unio parvus Barnes = Toxolasma texasiense

Unio pectorosus Conrad = Ortmanniana pectorosa
+ Unio perdix Lea, 1834

Unio radiatus Lamarck = Atlanticoncha ochracea
+ Unio radiatus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio virginiana Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio oblongatus Wood, 1828

Unio radiatus Lamarck = Lampsilis radiata

Unio radiatus Lamarck = Elliptio complanata

Unio rectus Lamarck = Ligumia recta
+ Unio praelongus Barnes, 1823

Unio siliquoides [sic] Barnes = Lampsilis siliquoidea
+ Unio inflatus Barnes, 1823