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

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nominal species Unio varicosus Lea, 1831

Lea, 1831, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 4 [O. 1]: 90 [100], pl. 11, fig. 20.
(homonym of Unio varicosa Lamarck, 1819)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84320, Cincinnati, Ohio.

= Plethobasus cicatricosus

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Plethobasus cicatricosus (Say, 1829) — IUCN, 2011
+ Plethobasus cicatricosus (Say, 1829) — Watters et al., 2009
+ Plethobasus cicatricosus (Say, 1829) — Williams et al., 2008
+ Plethobasus cicatricosus (Say, 1829) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998
+ Plethobasus cyphyus (Rafinesque, 1820) — Burch, 1975
+ Plethobasus cicatricosus (Say, 1829) — Haas, 1969
+ Pleurobema (Plethobasus) detectum (Frierson, 1911) — Frierson, 1927
+ Plethobasus cyphyus (Rafinesque, 1820) — Ortmann & Walker, 1922
+ Pleurobema (sec. Plethobasus) cicatricosum (Say, 1829) — Simpson, 1914
= Unio varicosus, var. Lea ! — de Gregorio, 1914
+ Pleurobema (sec. Plethobasus) cicatricosa (Say, 1829) — Simpson, 1900
= Unio (s.s.) varicosus Lea, 1831 — Call, 1900
= Unio varicosus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Unio varicosus Lea — Lewis, 1871
= Margaron (Unio) varicosus (Lea) — Lea, 1870
+ Unio cicatricosus Say, 1829 — Reeve, 1864
+ Unio cicatricosus Say — Küster, 1861
= Unio (Rotundaria) varicosus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857
+ Unio cicatricosus Say, 1829 — Conrad, 1853
= Margaron (Unio) varicosus (Lea) — Lea, 1852
= Unio varicosus Lea — Hanley, 1843
+ Unio cicatricosus Say, 1829 — Conrad, 1840
= Margarita (Unio) varicosus Lea — Lea, 1838
= Margarita (Unio) varicosus (Lea, 1831) — Lea, 1836
+ Unio cicatricosus Say — Ferussac, 1835
= Unio varicosus — Jay, 1835

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