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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Epioblasma turgidula

nominal species Unio nux Küster, 1861

‘Lea’ Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 218, pl. 73, fig. 2.
(misidentified reference to Unio nux Lea, 1852)

= Epioblasma turgidula

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Epioblasma turgidula (Lea, 1858) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998
+ Plagiola (Torulosa) turgidula (Lea, 1858) — R.I. Johnson, 1978
+ Dysnomia florentina (Lea, 1857) — Burch, 1975
+ Truncilla (Pilea) florentina (Lea, 1857) — Simpson, 1914
+ Truncilla (Pilea) florentina Lea — Simpson, 1900

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