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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Popenaiadini | Nephronaias calamitarum

nominal species Unio persulcatus Lea, 1859


Lea, 1859, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 153.
Lea, 1860, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 255 [73], pl. 40, fig. 135.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1900-3-19-22, Mexico.

= Nephronaias calamitarum

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Nephronaias (s.s.) calamitarum (Morelet, 1849) — Haas, 1969
+ Elliptio (Nephronaias) rugulosa (Charpentier in Küster) — Haas, 1929
= Elliptio (Nephronaias) persulcatus (Lea, 1859) — Frierson, 1927
= Nephronaias persulcatusFrierson, 1917
= Nephronaias persulcata (Lea, 1859) — Simpson, 1914
+ Nephronaias tabascoensis (Küster, 1856) — Ihering, 1901
= Nephronaias persulcatus (Lea, 1859) — Simpson, 1900
= Unio (Simonaias) cuprinus var. persulcatus Lea, 1859 — Martens, 1900
= Unio (Simonaias) persulcatus Lea, 1859 — Fischer & Crosse, 1894
= Unio persulcatus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) persulcatus (Lea) — Lea, 1870
+ Unio gundlachi Dunker, 1858 — Sowerby, 1866

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