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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

The nominal species (available and otherwise) in this synonymy are listed by usage rather than strictly by publication date. The primary sorting order is by the most recent year (since 1969) that the species name was treated as valid, and then nominal species are sorted secondarily by publication year.

The taxonomic history of the valid species (since 1900) is listed at the bottom of the page.

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Gonideinae | Contradentini | Physunio

species Physunio superbus (Lea, 1843): nominal species
     99 specimens available.

Unio superbus Lea, 1843
Lea, 1843, [privately published sheet]: [1].
Lea, 1845, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 9 [O. 4]: 281, pl. 42, fig. 11.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_83934, New Holland.

Unio superbusLea (1843), Sowerby (1867)
Margaron (Unio) superbusLea (1852), Lea (1870)
Unio (Metaptera) superbusAdams & Adams (1857)
Physunio (s.s.) superbusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1920), Haas (1969)
Physunio superbusBrandt (1974), Marwoto (1987), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), ..., Konopleva et al. (2023), Dai et al. (2023), Wu et al. (2023), Wu et al. (2024)

Unio gravidus Lea, 1856
Lea, 1856, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8: 93.
Lea, 1857, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 3 [O. 6]: 292 [12], pl. 24, fig. 5.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_83935, Siam.

Unio gravidusLea (1856), Martens (1860), Sowerby (1866), Morelet (1875), Morlet (1889), Fischer (1891)
Margaron (Unio) gravidusLea (1870)
Lampsilis gravidusRochebrune (1882)
Physunio (s.s.) gravidusSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Haas (1919), Thiele (1934), Haas (1952), Haas (1969)
Physunio (s.s.) superbusHaas (1969)
Physunio superbusBrandt (1974), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021), Pfeiffer et al. (2021)

Unio velaris Hanley, 1856
‘Benson, MS’ Hanley, 1856, Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells, Suppl.: 385, pl. 23, fig. 42.

Unio velarisHanley (1856), Sowerby (1868)
Margaron (Unio) superbusLea (1870)
Physunio (s.s.) superbusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1920), Haas (1969)
Physunio (sec. Lens) velarisPreston (1915)
Physunio (Lens) velarisPrashad (1932)
Physunio superbusBrandt (1974), Pfeiffer et al. (2021)

Unio abnormis Morelet, 1862
Morelet, 1862, Rev. Mag. Zool. 14: 480.
Type(s): SYNTYPE BMNH_93-2-4-1394, Siam.

Unio abnormisMorelet (1862)
Margaron (Unio) gravidusLea (1870)
Unio gravidusMorelet (1875), Fischer (1891)
Physunio (s.s.) gravidusSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Haas (1919)
Physunio (s.s.) superbusHaas (1969)
Physunio superbusBrandt (1974), IUCN (2011), Pfeiffer et al. (2021)

Unio superbus Sowerby, 1867
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1867, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 59, sp. 295.
(reference to Unio superbus Lea, 1843)

Unio superbusSowerby (1867)
Physunio (s.s.) gravidusSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Haas (1919)
Physunio superbusPfeiffer et al. (2021)

Physunio eximius van Benthem Jutting, 1953
van Benthem Jutting, 1953, Treubia 22(1): 43.
(misidentified reference to Unio eximius Lea, 1856)

Physunio eximiusvan Benthem Jutting (1953)
Physunio superbusBrandt (1974)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Physunio (s.s.) superbusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1920), Haas (1969)
Physunio (s.s.) gravidusSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Haas (1919), Thiele (1934), Haas (1952), Haas (1969)
Physunio (sec. Lens) velarisPreston (1915)
Physunio (Lens) velarisPrashad (1932)
Physunio eximiusvan Benthem Jutting (1953)
Physunio superbusBrandt (1974), Marwoto (1987), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), ..., Konopleva et al. (2023), Dai et al. (2023), Wu et al. (2023), Wu et al. (2024)

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