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 |  | Publication information Küster, H.C. 1861. Die Flussperlmuscheln (Unio et Hyria). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz Fortgesetzt von Hofrath Dr. G. v. Schubert und Professor Dr. J.A. Wagner 9(2): 161-256, pl. 35, 46-86. Click here for online access. Attributed Species Names
  | Unio coeruleus Lea, 1836
   ‘Lea’  of Authors.
 Lea, 1836, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 26.
 Lea, 1838, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 20.
 Lea, 1852, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 30 [as ‘cruleus’].
 Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 228.
 Connolly, 1925, Rec. Albany Mus. 3: [5].
 (error for Unio caeruleus Lea, 1831)
 |  | Unio bigorrensis Lea, 1852
    ‘Millet’ Lea, 1852, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 39.
 ‘Millet’ Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 230.
 ‘Millet’ Lea, 1870, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 63.
 ‘Locard’ Simpson, 1900, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 692.
 (error for Unio bigerrensis Millet, 1843)
 |  | Unio fisherianus Küster, 1861
  ‘Lea’ Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 205, pl. 68, fig. 6.
 (misidentified reference to Unio fisherianus Lea, 1838)
 |  | Unio auratus Küster, 1861
  ‘Swainson’ Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 161, pl. 46, fig. 3.
 (reference to Unio auratus Philippi, 1847)
 |  | Unio maestus Küster, 1861
  ‘Lea’ Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 226, pl. 76, fig. 5.
 (misidentified reference to Unio moestus Lea, 1841; error for Unio moestus Lea, 1841)
 |  | Unio australis Küster, 1861
  ‘Lamarck’ Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 230, pl. 77, fig. 6.
 (reference to Unio australis Lamarck, 1819)
 |  | Unio mussolianus Küster, 1861
  ‘Parreiss in sched.’ Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 244, pl. 82, fig. 1.
 (renamed Unio mossulianus Kobelt, 1912)
 |  | Unio barrotti Küster, 1861
  ‘Lea’ Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 189, pl. 59, fig. 6.
 |  | Unio mederianus Küster, 1861
  ‘Mousson’ Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 242, pl. 80, fig. 7.
 |  | Unio corrianus Küster, 1861
  ‘Lea’ Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 229, pl. 77, fig. 5.
 (misidentified reference to Unio corrianus Lea, 1834)
 |  | Unio baletonicus Küster, 1861
  ‘Ziegler in litt.’ Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 231, pl. 78, fig. 1.
 |  | Unio anodontinus Küster, 1861
  ‘Lamarck’ Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 240, pl. 80, fig. 5.
 (reference to Unio anodontina Lamarck, 1819)
 |  | Unio stegarius Küster, 1861
  ‘Rafinesque’ Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 211, pl. 70, fig. 3.
 (misidentified reference to Obovaria stegaria Rafinesque, 1820)
 |  | Unio sparsus Küster, 1861
  ‘Lea Mss.’ Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 252, pl. 85, fig. 2.
 (homonym of Unio sparsus Lea, 1841)
 |  | Unio nux Küster, 1861
  ‘Lea’ Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 218, pl. 73, fig. 2.
 (misidentified reference to Unio nux Lea, 1852)
 |  | Unio delumbis Küster, 1861
  ‘Conrad’ Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 207, pl. 69, fig. 1.
 (misidentified reference to Unio delumbis Conrad, 1834)
 |  | Unio ambiguus Küster, 1861
  ‘Lamarck’ Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 165, pl. 48, fig. 1.
 (reference to Castalia ambigua Lamarck, 1819)
 |  | Unio scyphius Küster, 1861
    ‘Rafinesque’ Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 181.
 (error for Obliquaria (Quadrula) cyphya Rafinesque, 1820)
 |  | Unio panacoensis Küster, 1861
  ‘von dem Busch’ Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 242, pl. 81, fig. 1.
 (misidentified reference to Unio panacoensis Philippi, 1843)
 |  | Unio eurhynchus Küster, 1861
   ‘Bronn in lit.’ Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 237, pl. 79, fig. 5.
 Type(s): SYNTYPE BMNH_1965217, Minas Geraes, Brasilia.
 |  | Unio nitidulus Küster, 1861
  ‘Ziegler, in lit.’ Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 226, pl. 76, fig. 6.
 |  | Unio lugubris Küster, 1861
  ‘Lea’ Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 234, pl. 79, fig. 1.
 (misidentified reference to Unio lugubris Lea, 1838)
 |  | Unio philippianus Küster, 1861
  Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 235, pl. 79, fig. 2.
 (new name for Unio ambiguus Philippi, 1847)
 |  | Unio nicklianus Küster, 1861
    ‘Lea’ Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 218.
 (error for Unio nicklinianus Lea, 1834)
 |  | Unio baykinianus Küster, 1861
   ‘Lea’  of Authors.
 Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 181.
 Paetel, 1890, Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 145.
 (error for Unio boykinianus Lea, 1840)
 |  | Unio subrostratus Küster, 1861
  ‘Say’ Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 203, pl. 67, fig. 3.
 (misidentified reference to Unio subrostratus Say, 1831)
 |  | Unio hydianus Küster, 1861
  ‘Lea’ Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 201, pl. 67, fig. 1. [in part]
 (reference to Unio hydianus Lea, 1838)
 |  | Unio chiloensis Küster, 1861
  ‘Philippi’ Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 161, pl. 35, fig. 6 [as ‘chiloënsis’].
 |  | Unio proximus Küster, 1861
  ‘Lea’ Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 248, pl. 83, fig. 4.
 (misidentified reference to Unio proximus Lea, 1852)
 |  | Unio gratiosus Küster, 1861
  ‘Parreiss in sched.’ Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 239, pl. 80, fig. 3.
 (homonym of Unio gratiosus Philippi, 1843)
 |  | Unio purpuratus Küster, 1861
    ‘Say’ Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 162.
 (error for Unio purpuriatus Say, 1831)
 |  | Unio bucklei Küster, 1861
    ‘Lea’ Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 177.
 (error for Unio buckleyi Lea, 1843)
 |  | Unio pussilus Küster, 1861
    ‘Lea’ Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 197.
 (error for Unio pusillus Lea, 1840)
 |  | Unio unduliferus Küster, 1861
  Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 162, pl. 46, fig. 4.
 |  | Unio flavus Küster, 1861
    ‘Benson’ Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 233.
 (intro'd as syn of Unio merodabensis Küster, 1861)
 |  | Unio menkeanus Küster, 1861
    ‘Lea’ Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 245.
 (error for Unio menkianus Lea, 1838)
 |  | Unio mississippianus Küster, 1861
    ‘Conrad’ Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 245.
 (error for Unio mississippiensis Conrad, 1850)
 |  | Unio reeveanus Küster, 1861
    ‘Lea’ Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 247.
 (error for Unio reeveianus Lea, 1852)
 |  | Unio subrostratus Küster, 1861
  ‘Say’ Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 203, pl. 68, fig. 1.
 (misidentified reference to Unio subrostratus Say, 1831)
 |  | Unio hydianus Küster, 1861
  ‘Lea’ Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 201, pl. 67, fig. 1. [in part]
 (misidentified reference to Unio hydianus Lea, 1838)
 |  | 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 exanthematicus Küster, 1861
  Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 243, pl. 81, figs. 2.
 |  | Unio merodabensis Küster, 1861
  ‘von dem Busch in lit.’ Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 233, pl. 78, fig. 4.
 |  | Unio cuneolus Küster, 1861
  ‘Lea’  of Authors.
 Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 182, pl. 57, fig. 4.
 Reeve, 1865, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 23, sp. 107.
 (reference to Unio cuneolus Lea, 1840)
 |  | Unio kleinianus Küster, 1861
  ‘Lea’ Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 191, pl. 60, fig. 4.
 (misidentified reference to Unio kleinianus Lea, 1852)
 |  | Unio parallelepipedon Küster, 1861
   ‘Lea’  of Authors.
 Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 220.
 Modell, 1950, Arch. Moll. 79(4/6): 141.
 (error for Unio parallelopipedon Lea, 1834)
 |  | Diplodon (s.s.) aureus Simpson, 1900
    ‘Swainson’ Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 161, pl. 46, fig. 3 [as ‘Unio auratus’].
 Simpson, 1900, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 883.
 Simpson, 1914, Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1268.
 |  | 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)
 |  Taxonomic Opinions| 
	 Unio (Complanaria) complanata Barnes
	 Unio aegyptiacus Caillaud
	 Unio ambiguus Lamarck
	+ Tetraplodon pectinatus Wagner, 1827
 Unio angustatus Lea
	 Unio anodontinus Lamarck
	 Unio arctatus Conrad
	 Unio arctior Lea
	 Unio argenteus Lea
	 Unio atromarginatus Lea
	 Unio auratus Swainson
	 Unio australis Lamarck
	 Unio baletonicus Ziegler
	 Unio barrotti Lea
	 Unio baykinianus [sic] Lea
	 Unio bengalensis Lea
	 Unio biangulatus Lea
	 Unio bigorrensis [sic] Millet
	 Unio bucklei [sic] Lea
	 Unio buddianus Lea
	 Unio bulloides Lea
	 Unio calceolus Lea
	+ Alasmodonta truncata Conrad, 1834
 + Margaritana deltoidea Lea, 1838
 Unio caliginosus Lea
	 Unio cardium Rafinesque
	+ Unio ventricosus Barnes, 1823
 Unio cariniferus Lamark [sic]
	 Unio chiloënsis Philippi
	+ Unio auratus Philippi, 1847
 Unio cicatricosus Say
	+ Unio varicosus Lea, 1831
 Unio coeruleus [sic] Lea
	 Unio collinus Conrad
	 Unio compressus Lea
	 Unio concestator Lea
	 Unio conradicus Lea
	 Unio cooperianus Lea
	+ Obovaria striata Rafinesque, 1820
 Unio corrianus Lea
	 Unio cucumoides Lea
	 Unio cuneolus Lea
	 Unio cylindricus Say
	+ Unio naviformis Lamarck, 1819
 Unio delodontus Lamarck
	 Unio delumbis Conrad
	+ Unio modioliformis Lea, 1834
 Unio dolabelloides Lea
	 Unio dolabraeformis Lea
	 Unio dromas Lea
	 Unio edgarianus Lea
	 Unio ellipticus Wagner
	+ Unio multistriatus Lea, 1831
 Unio eurhynchus Bronn
	 Unio exanthematicus Küster
	 Unio fallax Lea
	 Unio fasciolaris Rafinesque
	+ Unio phaseolus Hildreth, 1828
 + Unio planulatus Lea, 1829
 Unio fisherianus Lea
	 Unio flexuosus Rafinesque
	 Unio fluctiger Lea
	 Unio folliculatus Lea
	 Unio forbesianus Lea
	 Unio fragosus Conrad
	 Unio fraternus Lea
	 Unio fuscatus Lea
	 Unio graniferus Lea
	 Unio gratiosus Parreiss
	 Unio grayanus Lea
	+ Unio grayii Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833
 Unio griffithianus Lea
	 Unio haysianus Lea
	 Unio heterodon Lea
	 Unio hildrethianus Lea
	+ Alasmodonta ambigua Say, 1825
 Unio hippopoeus Lea
	 Unio hopetonensis Lea
	 Unio hyalinus Lea
	 Unio hydianus Lea
	 Unio incrassatus Lea
	 Unio infucatus Conrad
	 Unio intermedius Conrad
	 Unio interruptus Rafinesque
	+ Unio brevidens Lea, 1831
 Unio javanus Lea
	 Unio kirtlandianus Lea
	+ Unio kirklandianus Lea, 1838
 Unio kleinianus Lea
	 Unio lanceolatus Lea
	 Unio latecostatus Lea
	 Unio latiradiatus Conrad
	+ Unio interruptus Lea, 1838
 Unio leai Gray
	 Unio lemovicincae Férussac
	 Unio leptodon Rafinesque
	+ Unio planus Barnes, 1823
 + Anodon purpurascens Swainson, 1823
 + Unio velum Say, 1829
 + Symphynota tenuissima Lea, 1829
 + Unio leptodon Conrad, 1836
 Unio lesueurianus Lea
	 Unio lineolatus var. Rafinesque
	+ Obliquaria (Plagiola) depressa Rafinesque, 1820
 + Obliquaria (Plagiola) depressa Rafinesque, 1820
 + Unio securis Lea, 1829
 Unio lugubris Lea
	 Unio maculatus Conrad
	 Unio maestus [sic] Lea
	 Unio marginalis Lamarck
	 Unio medellinus Lea
	+ Unio purpuriatus Say, 1831
 Unio mederianus Mousson
	 Unio menkeanus [sic] Lea
	 Unio merodabensis von dem Busch
	+ Unio flavus Küster, 1861
 Unio mississippianus [sic] Conrad
	 Unio monodontus Say
	 Unio murchisonianus Lea
	 Unio mussolianus Parreiss
	 Unio nashvillianus Lea
	 Unio nasutus Say
	+ Unio rostrata Valenciennes, 1827
 + Unio nasutus Conrad, 1838
 Unio neglectus Lea
	 Unio nervosus Rafinesque
	+ Unio donaciformis Lea, 1828
 Unio nicklianus [sic] Lea
	 Unio nitens Lea
	 Unio nitidulus Ziegler
	 Unio nodulatus Rafinesque
	+ Unio pustulatus Lea, 1831
 Unio novi-eboraci Lea
	 Unio nucleopsis Conrad
	 Unio nux Lea
	 Unio obesus Lea
	 Unio obliquus Lamarck
	+ Unio ebenus Lea, 1831
 Unio obscurus Lea
	 Unio occidens Lea
	+ Unio ventricosus Say, 1832
 Unio occultus Lea
	 Unio ochraceus Say
	 Unio ohiensis Rafinesque
	+ Symphynota laevissima Lea, 1829
 Unio olivarius Lea
	 Unio orbiculatus Hildreth
	 Unio oriens Lea
	 Unio orientalis Lea
	 Unio osbeckii Philippi
	 Unio panacoensis von dem Busch
	 Unio parallelepipedon [sic] Lea
	 Unio paranensis Lea
	+ Unio solisiana d’Orbigny, 1835
 Unio pernodosus Lea
	 Unio philippianus Küster
	+ Unio ambiguus Philippi, 1847
 Unio pictus Lea
	 Unio pilaris Lea
	 Unio proximus Lea
	 Unio pulcher Lea
	 Unio pullatus Lea
	 Unio purpuratus Lamark [sic]
	+ Unio ater Lea, 1829
 + Unio lugubris Say, 1832
 Unio pussilus [sic] Lea
	 Unio quadrulus Rafinesque
	+ Unio asperrimus Lea, 1831
 + Unio quadrulus Say, 1834
 Unio reeveanus [sic] Lea
	 Unio rotundatus Lamarck
	+ Unio suborbiculata Lamarck, 1819
 + Unio glebulus Say, 1831
 + Unio subglobosus Lea, 1834
 Unio rugosus Barnes
	+ Alasmodonta abducta Lea, 1836
 Unio sayi Warden
	+ Unio declivis Say, 1831
 Unio scyphius [sic] Rafinesque
	 Unio semigranosus von dem Busch
	 Unio sparsus Lea
	 Unio spinosus Lea
	 Unio stegarius Rafinesque
	+ Unio irroratus Lea, 1828
 + Unio stegarius Say, 1834
 Unio subrostratus Say
	+ Unio iris Lea, 1829
 + Unio nebulosus Conrad, 1834
 Unio subrotundus var. Rafinesque
	+ Unio lens Lea, 1831
 Unio subtentus Say
	 Unio tavoyensis Gould
	 Unio tigridis Bourguignat
	 Unio troostensis Lea
	 Unio truncatus Rafinesque
	+ Unio elegans Lea, 1831
 Unio unduliferus Küster
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