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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Disconaias disca

nominal species Unio discus Lea, 1838

Lea, 1836, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: addenda. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1838, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 74, pl. 18, fig. 57.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85341, Found in sand ballast, Phila, Pa [Mexico].

= Disconaias disca

Taxonomic Opinions

= Disconaias discus (I. Lea, 1838) — Czaja et al., 2023
= Disconaias disca (Lea, 1838) — Graf & Cummings, 2021
= Disconaias disca Lea, 1838 — Bogan, 2010
= Disconaias disca (Lea, 1838) — Graf & Cummings, 2007
= Disconaias disca Lea, 1838 — Contreras-Arquieta, 2000
= Disconaias disca (Lea, 1838) — R.I. Johnson, 1998
= Lampsilis (Disconaias) discus (Lea, 1838) — Haas, 1969
= Lampsilis (Disconaias) discus (Lea, 1838) — Haas, 1969
= Lampsilis (Disconaias) discus (Lea, 1838) — Haas, 1940
= Lampsilis (sec. Disconaias) discus (Lea) — Thiele, 1934
= Lampsilis (Disconaias) discus (Lea) — Haas, 1929
= Lampsilis (Disconaias) discus (Lea, 1838) — Frierson, 1927
= Unio (sec. Elliptio) discus Lea, 1838 — Simpson, 1914
= Lampsilis discus (Lea) — Pilsbry, 1910
= Unio (sec. Elliptio) discus Lea, 1838 — Simpson, 1900
= Unio (Lampsilis) discus Lea, 1838 — Martens, 1900
= Unio (Disconaias) discus I. Lea, 1838 — Fischer & Crosse, 1894
= Unio discus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) discus (Lea) — Lea, 1870
= Unio discus Lea, 1838 — Sowerby, 1868
= Unio (Hyridella) discus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857
= Unio discus Lea, 1838 — Conrad, 1853
= Margaron (Unio) discus (Lea) — Lea, 1852
= Unio discus Lea — Hanley, 1843
= Margarita (Unio) discus Lea — Lea, 1838
= Margarita (Unio) discus — Lea, 1836

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