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 |  | Publication information Sowerby, G.B. 1868. Genus Unio. Conchologica Iconica 16: pls. 1, 61-96. Click here for online access. Attributed Genus Names
  | Alasmodonta Say, 1819
    ‘Say’  of Authors.
 Say, 1819, Nich. Encyc. 4: [18].
 Barnes, 1823, Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 275.
 Say, 1825, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5(3-4): 131.
 Férussac, 1827, Bull. Sci. Nat. et Géol. 10: 417.
 Hildreth, 1828, Amer. J. Sci. 14: 289.
 Lea, 1829, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3 [O. 1]: 421.
 Menke, 1830, Syn. Method. Moll.: 106.
 Ferussac, 1835, Mag. Zool. 5: 25.
 Lea, 1836, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 43.
 Schlüter, 1838, Kurzgef. Syst. Verz. Conch. Samml.: 32.
 Agassiz, 1852, Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 46.
 Adams & Adams, 1857, Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 499.
 Vest, 1866, Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Ver. Naturw. (17): 197.
 Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 1.
 (new name for Alasmidonta Say, 1818; renamed Anelasmodon Agassiz, 1846)
 |  Attributed Species Names
  | Unio litoralis Menke, 1828
  ‘Lamarck’  of Authors.
 Menke, 1828, Syn. Method. Moll.: 64.
 Menke, 1830, Syn. Method. Moll.: 107.
 Lea, 1836, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 32.
 Lea, 1838, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 22.
 Swainson, 1840, Treat. Malacol.: 282.
 Lea, 1852, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 34.
 Rossmässler, 1854, Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 3 (1-2): 37.
 Küster, 1855, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 128.
 Reeve, 1865, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 22, sp. 98.
 Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 86, sp. 461.
 Lea, 1870, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 54.
 Woodward, 1871, Man. Moll: 433.
 Westerlund, 1890, Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 52.
 (error for Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798)
 |  | Unio verrucosus Say, 1834
   ‘Rafinesque’  of Authors.
 ‘Rafinesque’ Say, 1834, Amer. Conch. 6: ??.
 ‘Rafinesque’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 1, sp. 4.
 (reference to Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) verrucosa Rafinesque, 1820)
 |  | Margaritana curreyana Lea, 1842
  ‘Lea’  of Authors.
 Lea, 1842, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: pl. 18, fig. 40.
 Agassiz, 1852, Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 47.
 Lea, 1852, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 42.
 Conrad, 1853, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 263.
 Adams & Adams, 1857, Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 499.
 Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 63, sp. 319.
 Lea, 1870, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 68.
 B.H. Wright, 1888, Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [6].
 Simpson, 1900, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 661.
 Simpson, 1914, Descr. Cat. Naiades: 474.
 Frierson, 1927, Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 21.
 Haas, 1969, Das Tierreich 88: 395.
 (error for Margaritana curreyiana Lea, 1840)
 |  | Unio roanoakensis Hanley, 1843
  ‘Lea’  of Authors.
 Hanley, 1843, Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 199.
 Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 67, sp. 341.
 (error for Unio roanokensis Lea, 1838)
 |  | Unio capigliolo Küster, 1855
  ‘Payraudeau’  of Authors.
 Küster, 1855, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 125, pl. 34, figs. 5-6. [in part]
 Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 75, sp. 392.
 (misidentified reference to Unio capigliolo Payraudeau, 1826)
 |  | Unio ellipticus Küster, 1861
  ‘Spix & Wagner’  of Authors.
 Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 238, pl. 80, fig. 2.
 ‘Spix’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 74, sp. 382.
 (reference to Diplodon ellipticum Wagner, 1827)
 |  | Unio trinacris Lea, 1862
  ‘Lea’  of Authors.
 Lea, 1862, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: pl. 12, fig. 235.
 Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 81, sp. 428.
 (error for Unio trinacrus Lea, 1861)
 |  | Unio subovatus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 85, sp. 456.
 (reference to Unio subovatus Lea, 1831)
 |  | Unio niloticus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Caillaud’ [sic] Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 73, sp. 374.
 (misidentified reference to Unio niloticus Cailliaud, 1827)
 |  | Unio regularis Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 68, sp. 351.
 (misidentified reference to Unio regularis Lea, 1841)
 |  | Unio lutulentus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Gould’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 74, sp. 386.
 (reference to Unio lutulentus Gould, 1850)
 |  | Unio calamitarum Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Morelet’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 74, sp. 385.
 (reference to Unio calamitarum Morelet, 1849)
 |  | Unio rubellianus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 90, sp. 490.
 (error for Unio rubellinus Lea, 1857)
 |  | Unio rusticus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 64, sp. 324; errata.
 (homonym of Unio rusticus Lea, 1856)
 |  | Unio atrocostatus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 77, sp. 404.
 (misidentified reference to Unio atrocostatus Lea, 1845)
 |  | Unio clairbornensis Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 70, sp. 357.
 (error for Unio claibornensis Lea, 1838)
 |  | Unio vaughanianus Sowerby, 1868
    ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 61, sp. 308.
 (misidentified reference to Unio vaughanianus Lea, 1838)
 |  | Unio striatus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 78, sp. 407.
 (misidentified reference to Unio striatus Lea, 1840)
 |  | Unio parma Sowerby, 1868
   ‘Benson’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 95, sp. 514.
 Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) BMNH_88-12-4-1669, Tenasserim, Burma.
 |  | Unio spatulatus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 65, sp. 328.
 (misidentified reference to Unio spatulatus Lea, 1845)
 |  | Unio swainsoni Sowerby, 1868
   ‘Hanley’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 76, sp. 396.
 (new name for Uniopsis radiata Swainson, 1840; new name for Uniopsis mytiloides Swainson, 1840)
 Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1900-3-19-21, Hab._?
 |  | Unio neglectus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 65, sp. 329.
 (misidentified reference to Unio neglectus Lea, 1843)
 |  | Unio troostensis Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 79, sp. 415.
 (misidentified reference to Unio troostensis Lea, 1834)
 |  | Unio trigonus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 64, sp. 322; errata.
 (reference to Unio trigonus Lea, 1831)
 |  | Unio prevostianus Sowerby, 1868
    ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 63, sp. 315.
 (reference to Unio prevostianus Lea, 1852)
 |  | Unio subangulatus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 65, sp. 327.
 (misidentified reference to Unio subangulatus Lea, 1840)
 |  | Unio churchilleanus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Bourguignat’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 96, sp. 525.
 (error for Unio churchillianus Bourguignat, 1857)
 |  | Unio corrianus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 77, sp. 401.
 (misidentified reference to Unio corrianus Lea, 1834)
 |  | Unio cuprinus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 66, sp. 336.
 (reference to Unio cuprinus Lea, 1831)
 |  | Unio lamellatus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 94, sp. 511.
 (misidentified reference to Unio lamellatus Lea, 1838)
 |  | Unio latissimus Sowerby, 1868
  Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 66, sp. 337.
 (homonym of Unio (Eurynia) latissima Rafinesque, 1820)
 |  | Unio verrauianus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 69, sp. 352.
 (error for Unio verreauianus Lea, 1856)
 |  | Unio rectilinearis Sowerby, 1868
   Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 65, sp. 332.
 Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_74-12-11-4, Riv. Columbia.
 |  | Unio dorbignianus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Hupé & Deville’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 96, sp. 523 [as ‘d’orbignianus’].
 (error for Unio orbignyi Deville & Hupé, 1850)
 |  | Unio oriens Sowerby, 1868
    ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 63, sp. 314.
 (misidentified reference to Unio oriens Lea, 1831)
 |  | Unio holstonianus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 76, sp. 398.
 (error for Margaritana holstonia Lea, 1838)
 |  | Unio taitanus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 67, sp. 338.
 (misidentified reference to Unio taitianus Lea, 1834; error for Unio taitianus Lea, 1834)
 |  | Unio scutum Sowerby, 1868
   ‘Benson’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 94, sp. 510.
 Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) BMNH_1907-10-28-239, Tenasserim.
 |  | Unio siculus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Swainson’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 71, sp. 364.
 (misidentified reference to Potomida sicula Swainson, 1840)
 |  | Unio discus Sowerby, 1868
    ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 62, sp. 310; errata.
 (misidentified reference to Unio discus Lea, 1838)
 |  | Unio cinnamominus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 83, sp. 436.
 (error for Unio cinnamomicus Lea, 1861)
 |  | Unio tortuosus Sowerby, 1868
   Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 65, sp. 330.
 (homonym of Unio tortuosus Lea, 1865)
 Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) BMNH_74-12-11-25, Maryland.
 |  | Unio connasaughensis Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 88, sp. 474.
 (error for Margaritana connasaugaensis Lea, 1858)
 |  | Unio pictus Sowerby, 1868
    ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 63, sp. 316.
 (misidentified reference to Unio pictus Lea, 1834)
 |  | Unio luteolus Sowerby, 1868
    Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 61, sp. 306; errata [originally as U. multiradiata].
 Krebs et al., 2003, J. Gr. Lakes Res. 29(2): 311.
 Krebs, 2004, Molec. Ecol. 13: 1702.
 (misidentified reference to Unio luteola Lamarck, 1819)
 |  | Unio digitiformis Sowerby, 1868
   Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 65, sp. 333.
 Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965199, India.
 |  | Unio jejunus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 68, sp. 347; errata [changed to ‘depressus of D’Orbigny’].
 (reference to Unio jejunus Lea, 1838)
 |  | Unio crassidens Sowerby, 1868
    ‘Lamarck’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 62, sp. 312.
 (reference to Unio crassidens Lamarck, 1819)
 |  | Unio venustus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 64, sp. 326.
 (misidentified reference to Unio venustus Lea, 1838)
 |  | Unio affinis Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 63, sp. 318.
 (misidentified reference to Unio affinis Lea, 1852)
 |  | Unio charruanus Sowerby, 1868
    ‘d’Orbigny’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 93, sp. 505.
 (misidentified reference to Unio charruana d’Orbigny, 1835)
 |  | Unio lazarus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 68, sp. 348.
 (misidentified reference to Unio lazarus Lea, 1852)
 |  | Unio affinis Sowerby, 1868
    ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 61, sp. 307.
 (misidentified reference to Unio affinis Lea, 1852)
 |  | Unio vondembuschii Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 95, sp. 518.
 (error for Margaritana vondenbuschiana Lea, 1840; misidentified reference to Margaritana vondenbuschiana Lea, 1840)
 |  | Unio multiradiatus Sowerby, 1868
    ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 61, sp. 306; errata [changed to ‘U. luteolus, var.’].
 (error for Unio luteola Lamarck, 1819; misidentified reference to Unio multiradiatus Lea, 1829)
 |  | Unio trirostris Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Benson’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 65, sp. 331; errata.
 (homonym of Unio trirostris Musgrave, 1863)
 |  | Unio nyassensis Sowerby, 1868
   ‘Lea’  of Authors.
 Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: Errata.
 Lea, 1870, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 30.
 (error for Unio nyassaensis Lea, 1864)
 |  | Unio crassus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Say’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 95, sp. 520.
 (misidentified reference to Unio crassus Say, 1817)
 |  | Unio wynegungensis Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 67, sp. 339.
 (error for Unio wynegungaensis Lea, 1860)
 |  | Unio jayensis var. aequillus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 67, sp. 343 [as ‘æquillus’].
 (error for Unio aquilus Lea, 1857)
 |  | Unio hopetownensis Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 68, sp. 349.
 (error for Unio hopetonensis Lea, 1838)
 |  | Unio downei Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 68, sp. 350.
 (error for Unio downiei Lea, 1858)
 |  | Unio platyrrhinchoideus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Dupuy’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 70, sp. 358.
 (error for Unio platyrinchoideus Dupuy, 1849)
 |  | Unio asperatus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 85, sp. 450.
 (reference to Unio asperatus Lea, 1861)
 |  | Unio sagrinatus Sowerby, 1868
  Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 67, sp. 345; errata [changed to ‘U. newcombianus Lea’].
 |  | Unio spillmannii Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 82, pl. 435.
 (error for Margaritana spillmanii Lea, 1858)
 |  | Alasmidonta schomburgki Sowerby, 1868
    ‘Hanley MS’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 86, sp. 458.
 (intro'd as syn of Unio (Monocondylea) reticulata Moricand, 1858)
 |  | Unio astieranus Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Dupuy’  of Authors.
 Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 86, sp. 461.
 Paetel, 1890, Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 145.
 (error for Unio astierianus Dupuy, 1849)
 |  | Unio contortus Sowerby, 1868
    ‘Baird & Adams’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: errata.
 (error for Unio (Lampsilis) subtortus Baird & Adams, 1867)
 |  | Unio shurtefflerianus Sowerby, 1868
    ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 95, sp. 515.
 (error for Unio shurtleffianus Lea, 1856)
 |  | Unio velaris Sowerby, 1868
  ‘Benson, in Hanley’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 72, sp. 368.
 (misidentified reference to Unio velaris Hanley, 1856)
 |  | Physunio friersoni Simpson, 1914
    ‘Benson, in Hanley’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 72, sp. 368 [as ‘Unio velaris’].
 Simpson, 1914, Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1068.
 (new name for Unio velaris Sowerby, 1868)
 |  | Psoronaias plexoideus Frierson, 1927
    ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 64, sp. 324; errata [as ‘Unio rusticus’].
 Frierson, 1927, Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 63, sp. 273.
 |  | Lampsilis (s.s.) sowerbyana Frierson, 1927
    ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 63, sp. 316 [as ‘Unio pictus’].
 Frierson, 1927, Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 69, sp. 308.
 |  Taxonomic Opinions| 
	 Unio affinis Lea, 1852
	 Unio alabamensis (Lea, 1861)
	 Unio ambiguus Philippi, 1847
	 Unio amoenus Lea, 1840
	 Unio angustatus Lea, 1831
	 Unio aratus Lea
	 Unio arctior Lea, 1838
	 Unio asperatus Lea, 1861
	 Unio astieranus [sic] Dupuy, 1850
	+ Unio cuneatus Rossmässler, 1854
 Unio atrocostatus Lea, 1848
	 Unio aureus Lea, 1859
	 Unio biangulatus Lea, 1842
	 Unio bilineatus (Lea, 1831)
	 Unio blandianus Lea, 1856
	 Unio bonellii Férussac in Rossmässl.
	+ Unio depressa C. Pfeiffer, 1825
 + Alasmodonta compressa Menke, 1830
 Unio bonneaudi Eydoux, 1838
	+ Unio shurtleffianus Lea, 1856
 Unio boykinianus Lea, 1840
	 Unio bulloides Lea, 1859
	 Unio caeruleus form trirostris ‘Benson’ Sowerby, 1868
	 Unio calamitarum Morelet, 1849
	 Unio calceola Lea, 1828
	+ Alasmodonta truncata Conrad, 1834
 Unio caldwellii Lea, 1858
	 Unio camptodon Say, 1832
	+ Unio declivis Conrad, 1836
 + Unio sayii Tappan, 1839
 Unio capigliolo Payraudeau, 1826
	 Unio cerinus Conrad, 1838
	 Unio charruanus d’Orbigny, 1835
	+ Unio faba d’Orbigny, 1835
 Unio churchilleanus [sic] Bourguignat, 1857
	 Unio cinnamominus [sic] (Lea, 1861)
	 Unio clairbornensis [sic] Lea, 1838
	 Unio clava Lamarck, 1819
	 Unio coccineus Lea, 1838
	+ Unio catillus Conrad, 1836
 Unio compressa (Lea, 1829)
	 Unio concavus Lea, 1852
	 Unio concolor Lea, 1861
	 Unio connasaughensis [sic] (Lea, 1858)
	 Unio consanguineus Lea, 1861
	 Unio constrictus Conrad, 1838
	 Unio cordatus ‘Raf.’ Conrad, 1836
	 Unio corrianus Lea, 1834
	 Unio corrientesensis (d’Orbigny, 1835)
	 Unio corrugatus (Müller, 1774)
	+ Mya spuria Gmelin, 1791
 Unio corvus Lea, 1859
	 Unio costulatus Moricand, 1858
	 Unio couchianus (Lea, 1860)
	 Unio crassidens Lamarck, 1819
	 Unio crassus Say, 1817
	 Unio crebristriatus (Anthony, 1865)
	 Unio cuprinus Lea, 1831
	 Unio curreyana [sic] (Lea, 1840)
	 Unio dariensis Lea, 1842
	 Unio decoratus Lea, 1852
	 Unio decumbens Lea, 1861
	 Unio dehiscens Say, 1829
	+ Unio oriens Lea, 1831
 Unio deltoideus (Lea, 1838)
	 Unio depressa d’Orbigny, 1835
	+ Unio auratus Philippi, 1847
 Unio digitiformis Sowerby, 1868
	 Unio discus Lea, 1838
	 Unio downei [sic] Lea, 1858
	 Unio dunkerianus Lea, 1856
	 Unio duttonianus Lea, 1841
	 Unio d’orbignianus [sic] Deville & Hupé, 1850
	 Unio ebenus Lea, 1831
	 Unio elegans Lea, 1831
	+ Unio truncatus Say, 1834
 Unio ellipsis Lea, 1828
	 Unio ellipticus Spix
	+ Unio psammactinus Philippi, 1848
 Unio elongatulus ‘Mühlf.’ Rossmässler, 1835
	+ Unio requienii Michaud, 1831
 Unio elongatus Lamarck, 1819
	 Unio emarginatus Lea, 1834
	 Unio excavatus Lea, 1857
	 Unio eximius Lea, 1856
	 Unio fabula (Lea, 1838)
	 Unio falcatus (Gould, 1850)
	 Unio fallax Lea, 1857
	 Unio famelicus Gould, 1850
	 Unio favosus Lea, 1856
	 Unio folliculatus Lea, 1838
	 Unio fontaineanus [sic] d’Orbigny, 1843
	+ Unio rotundus Moricand, 1838
 Unio forbesianus Lea, 1852
	 Unio fossiculiferus (d’Orbigny, 1835)
	 Unio fulvus Lea, 1834
	 Unio gesnerii Lea, 1874
	 Unio gibbosus Barnes, 1823
	 Unio glaber Lea, 1838
	 Unio glebulus Say, 1831
	+ Unio subglobosus Lea, 1834
 Unio gratus Lea, 1860
	 Unio griffithianus Lea, 1834
	 Unio guarayana d’Orbigny, 1835
	 Unio heermanni Lea, 1862
	 Unio higginsii Lea, 1857
	 Unio hochstetteri Dunker, 1862
	 Unio holstonianus [sic] (Lea, 1838)
	 Unio hopetownensis [sic] Lea, 1838
	 Unio houstonensis Lea, 1859
	 Unio hylaeus d’Orbigny, 1835
	+ Unio guaraniana d’Orbigny, 1835
 Unio isocardioides (Lea, 1856)
	 Unio japanensis Lea, 1859
	 Unio javanus Lea, 1840
	+ Unio mutatus Mousson, 1849
 Unio jayensis var. æquillus [sic] Lea, 1857
	 Unio kirtlandianus Lea, 1834
	 Unio lamarckianus Lea, 1852
	+ Unio aberti Conrad, 1850
 Unio lamellatus Lea, 1838
	 Unio lampreyanus Baird & Adams, 1867
	 Unio latissimus Sowerby, 1868
	 Unio lazarus Lea, 1852
	 Unio lienosus Conrad, 1834
	 Unio lineatus Lea, 1840
	 Unio lugubris Lea, 1838
	 Unio luteolus Lamarck, 1819
	 Unio lutulentus Gould, 1851
	 Unio macrodon Lea, 1859
	 Unio margaritiferus (Linnaeus, 1758)
	 Unio medius Lea, 1861
	 Unio melinus (Conrad, 1838)
	 Unio minuanus (d’Orbigny, 1835)
	+ Unio (Monocondylaea) parchappii d’Orbigny, 1835
 Unio mouhotianus [sic] (Lea, 1866)
	 Unio multiradiatus Lea, 1829
	+ Unio fasciolus Say, 1834
 + Unio ligamentinus Deshayes, 1835
 Unio multistriatus Lea, 1831
	 Unio natalensis Lea, 1864
	 Unio neglectus Lea, 1841
	 Unio newcombianus Lea, 1856
	+ Unio sagrinatus Sowerby, 1868
 Unio niger Conrad (as of Raf.)
	 Unio niloticus Cailliaud, 1827
	+ Unio parreyssi Philippi, 1848
 + Unio pumilio Küster, 1862
 Unio nodulosus (Wood, 1815)
	+ Mya nodulosa Wood, 1815
 + Unio grandidens Lea, 1862
 Unio nux persicus Dunker, 1848
	 Unio nyassensis [sic] Lea, 1864
	+ Unio nyassae Sowerby, 1866
 Unio occatus Lea, 1860
	 Unio ochraceus Say, 1817
	 Unio oregonensis Lea, 1852
	 Unio oriens Lea, 1831
	 Unio orientalis Lea, 1840
	+ Unio productus Mousson, 1849
 Unio osbecki Philippi, 1844
	+ Unio douglasiae Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833
 Unio parallelopipedon Lea, 1834
	 Unio parma ‘Benson’ Sowerby, 1868
	 Unio pazii Lea, 1862
	 Unio peguensis Anthony, 1865
	 Unio pellis-lacerti Morelet, 1865
	+ Unio crispata Gould, 1843
 Unio peraeformis Lea, 1860
	 Unio perdix Lea, 1834
	 Unio perstriatus Lea, 1852
	 Unio phaseolus Hildreth, 1828
	+ Unio planulatus Lea, 1829
 Unio pictus Lea, 1834
	 Unio piger Lea, 1860
	 Unio plantii Lea, 1857
	 Unio platyrrhinchoideus [sic] Dupuy, 1849
	 Unio plenus Lea, 1840
	 Unio pliciferus Lea, 1838
	+ Unio carbonarius Lea, 1838
 + Unio plexus Conrad, 1838
 Unio poeyanus Lea, 1857
	 Unio popei Lea, 1857
	 Unio powellii Lea, 1852
	 Unio prevostianus Lea, 1852
	 Unio propinquus Lea, 1857
	 Unio psammoicus d’Orbigny, 1835
	 Unio pudicus Lea, 1860
	 Unio pugio Benson, 1862
	 Unio pullatus Lea, 1856
	 Unio purpureus Say, 1817
	+ Mya complanata Lightfoot, 1786
 + Unio purpurascens Lamarck, 1819
 + Unio rhombula Lamarck, 1819
 + Unio carinifera Lamarck, 1819
 + Unio georgina Lamarck, 1819
 + Unio glabrata Lamarck, 1819
 + Unio sulcidens Lamarck, 1819
 + Unio fuliginosus Lea, 1845
 + Unio sordidus Lea, 1852
 Unio pyramidatus Lea, 1831
	 Unio ravistellus Morelet, 1849
	 Unio rectilinearis Sowerby, 1868
	 Unio regularis Lea, 1841
	 Unio reniformis ‘Schmidt’ Rossmässler, 1836
	 Unio reticulatus Moricand, 1858
	+ Alasmidonta schomburgki Sowerby, 1868
 Unio retusus Lamarck, 1819
	+ Unio obtusa Cuvier, 1817
 + Obovaria torsa Rafinesque, 1820
 Unio rhomboideus (Lea, 1859)
	 Unio riddellii Lea, 1862
	 Unio roanoakensis [sic] Lea, 1838
	 Unio rotundus Spix
	 Unio rowellii Lea, 1859
	 Unio rubellianus [sic] Lea, 1857
	 Unio rufusculus Lea, 1852
	 Unio rusticus Lea, 1856
	+ Unio tumidulus Lea, 1856
 Unio sagittiformis Lea, 1852
	 Unio salwenianus (Gould, 1844)
	 Unio sandrii ‘Villa’ Rossmässler, 1844
	 Unio sapotalensis Lea, 1841
	 Unio satur Lea, 1852
	 Unio scobinatus Lea, 1856
	 Unio scutum ‘Benson’ Sowerby, 1868
	 Unio securis Lea, 1829
	+ Obliquaria (Plagiola) depressa Rafinesque, 1820
 Unio showalterii Lea, 1860
	 Unio siculus (Swainson, 1840)
	+ Unio turtonii Payraudeau, 1826
 Unio sikkimensis Lea, 1859
	 Unio sinuata Lamarck, 1819
	+ Unio roissyi Michaud, 1831
 + Unio elongata Michaud, 1831
 Unio solisianus d’Orbigny, 1835
	 Unio spatulatus Lea, 1845
	 Unio speciosus Lea, 1862
	 Unio spillmannii [sic] (Lea, 1858)
	 Unio spissus Lea, 1859
	 Unio stonensis Lea, 1840
	 Unio stramineus Conrad, 1834
	 Unio striatissimus Anthony, J.G., 1865
	 Unio striatulus Lea, 1857
	 Unio striatus Lea, 1840
	 Unio subangulatus Lea, 1840
	 Unio subtentus Say, 1825
	 Unio subtortus Baird & Adams, 1867
	 Unio swainsoni ‘Hanley’ Sowerby, 1868
	+ Uniopsis mytiloides Swainson, 1840
 + Uniopsis radiata Swainson, 1840
 Unio taitanus [sic] Lea, 1834
	 Unio teretiusculus Philippi, 1847
	+ Margarita (Unio) cailliaudii Lea, 1836
 + Unio lithophagus Philippi, 1847
 Unio tientsinensis Crosse & Debeaux, 1863
	 Unio tortuosus Sowerby, 1868
	 Unio triangularis Barnes, 1823
	+ Unio formosus Lea, 1831
 Unio triangulata (Lea, 1858)
	 Unio trigonus Lea, 1831
	+ Unio undatus Barnes, 1823
 Unio trinacris [sic] Lea, 1861
	 Unio troostensis Lea, 1834
	+ Unio trabalis Conrad, 1834
 Unio truncatus Swainson, 1823
	 Unio tumidulus Lea, 1856
	 Unio undulatus Say, 1817
	+ Unio glabratus Sowerby & Sowerby, 1821
 + Unio hians Valenciennes, 1827
 + Alasmodonta sculptilis Say, 1829
 Unio uruguayensis Lea, 1860
	 Unio variabilis (Maton, 1811)
	+ Unio membranacea Hanley, 1843
 Unio vaughanianus Lea, 1838
	 Unio velaris ‘Benson MS’ Hanley, 1856
	 Unio venustus Lea, 1838
	 Unio verrauianus [sic] Lea, 1856
	 Unio verrucosa (Rafinesque, 1820)
	+ Unio tuberculatus Barnes, 1823
 + Unio (Theliderma) pustulata Swainson, 1840
 Unio vondembuschii [sic] (Lea, 1840)
	 Unio vondenbuschianus (Lea, 1840)
	+ Alasmodonta crispata Mousson, 1849
 + Alasmodonta zollingeri Mousson, 1849
 Unio wardii Lea, 1862
	 Unio wheatleyanus Lea, 1856
	 Unio wilsonii Lea, 1859
	 Unio wymanii Lea, 1860
	 Unio wynegungensis [sic] Lea, 1860
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