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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Pleurobema sintoxia

nominal species Unio coccineus Lea, 1838

“Dr. Hildreth’s Letter” Lea, 1836, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 34. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1838, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 12, pl. 5, fig. 12.
(homonym of Unio coccineus Conrad, 1836)
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85848, Columbus, Ohio.

= Pleurobema sintoxia

Taxonomic Opinions

= Pleurobema coccineum — Hoeh et al., 2009
= Pleurobema coccineum (Lea, 1838) — Graf & Cummings, 2006
+ Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — R.I. Johnson, 1980
+ Pleurobema coccineum (Conrad, 1836) — F.C. Baker, 1928
+ Quadrula (Obliquata) catilla (Conrad, 1836) — Frierson, 1927
+ Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) coccinea (Conrad, 1836) — Simpson, 1914
= Unio coccineus Lea ! — de Gregorio, 1914
+ Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) coccinea (Conrad, 1836) — Simpson, 1900
= Unio (s.s.) coccineus Lea, 1838 — Call, 1900
= Unio coccineus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) coccineus (Lea) — Lea, 1870
= Unio coccineus Lea, 1838 — Sowerby, 1868
= Unio coccineus Lea, 1838 — Reeve, 1865
= Unio (Obovaria) coccineus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857
+ Unio coccineus ‘Hildreth’ MSS — Conrad, 1853
= Unio (Obovaria) coccineus Hildr. apud Lea — Mörch, 1853
= Margaron (Unio) coccineus Hildreth’s letter — Lea, 1852
= Unio coccineus Lea — Hanley, 1843
= Margarita (Unio) coccineus Lea — Lea, 1838
= Margarita (Unio) coccineus — Lea, 1836

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