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 (Lampsilis) discus var. connectens Martens, 1900

‘von dem Busch’ Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 242, pl. 81, fig. 1 [as ‘Unio panacoensis’].
Sowerby, 1867, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 55, sp. 281 [as ‘Unio mexicanus’].
Martens, 1900, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 510.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio discus Lea, 1838)

= Disconaias disca

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Disconaias disca (Lea, 1838) — R.I. Johnson, 1998
+ Lampsilis (Disconaias) panacoensis (von dem Busch in Philippi, 1843) — Haas, 1969
+ Lampsilis (Disconaias) panucoensis [sic] (von dem Busch in Philippi, 1843) — Frierson, 1927
+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) discus Lea, 1838 — Simpson, 1914
+ Lampsilis discus (Lea) — Pilsbry, 1910
= Unio (Lampsilis) discus var. connectens n. — Martens, 1900

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