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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Quadrulini | Megalonaias nickliniana

nominal species Unio digitatus Morelet, 1851

Morelet, 1851, Test. Nov. 2: 24.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_93-2-4-2035, flumen Usumacinta, Peten, Guatemala.

= Megalonaias nickliniana

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Pfeiffer et al., 2018
= Megalonaias digitata Morelet, 1851 — Contreras-Arquieta, 2000
= Megalonaias nickliniana digitata (Morelet, 1851) — Haas, 1969
= Amblema digitata (Morelet, 1849) — Goodrich & van der Schalie, 1937
= Crenodonta digitata (Morelet) — Haas, 1929
= Amblema (Megalonaias) nickliniana-digitata (Morelet, 1851) — Frierson, 1927
= Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta) digitata (Morelet, 1851) — Simpson, 1914
= Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta) digitata (Morelet, 1851) — Simpson, 1900
= Unio (Crenodonta) digitatus Morelet, 1851 — Martens, 1900
= Unio (Plectomerus) digitatus Morelet, 1851 — Fischer & Crosse, 1894
= Unio digitatus More. — B.H. Wright, 1888
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1870
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1852

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