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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Quadrulini | Megalonaias nickliniana

nominal species Unio nicklinianus Lea, 1834

Lea, 1834, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 28 [140], pl. 1, fig. 1.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_83898, Canton China? [Central America].

= Megalonaias nickliniana

Taxonomic Opinions

= Megalonaias nickliniana (I. Lea, 1834) — Czaja et al., 2023
= Megalonaias nickliniana (Lea, 1834) — Graf & Cummings, 2021
+ Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Pfeiffer et al., 2018
= Megalonaias nicklineana [sic] — ITIS, 2012
= Megalonaias nickliniana Lea, 1834 — Bogan, 2010
= Megalonaias nickliniana (Lea, 1834) — Graf & Cummings, 2007
= Megalonaias nickliniana Lea, 1851 — Contreras-Arquieta, 2000
= Megalonaias nickliniana nickliniana (Lea, 1834) — Haas, 1969
= Crenodonta nickliniama [sic] (Lea) — Haas, 1929
= Amblema (Megalonaias) nickliniana (Lea, 1834) — Frierson, 1927
= Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta) nickliniana (Lea, 1834) — Simpson, 1914
= Quadrula nickliniana (Lea) — Pilsbry, 1910
= Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta) nickliniana (Lea, 1834) — Simpson, 1900
= Unio (Crenodonta) nicklinianus Lea, 1834 — Martens, 1900
= Unio (Plectomerus) nicklinianus I. Lea, 1832 — Fischer & Crosse, 1894
= Unio nicklinianus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) nicklinianus (Lea) — Lea, 1870
= Unio nicklinianus Lea, 1834 — Sowerby, 1866
= Unio nicklianus [sic] Lea — Küster, 1861
= Unio (Metaptera) nicklinianus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857
= Plectomerus nicklinianus (Lea) — Conrad, 1853
= Margaron (Unio) nicklinianus (Lea) — Lea, 1852
= Unio nicklinianus Lea — Hanley, 1843
= Margarita (Unio) nicklinianus Lea — Lea, 1838
= Margarita (Unio) nicklinianus (Lea, 1834) — Lea, 1836

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