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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Gonideinae | Contradentini | Lens micropterus

nominal species Margaron (Unio) versus Lea, 1870

‘Lea’ Reeve, 1865, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 29, sp. 147 [as ‘Unio inornatus’].
Lea, 1870, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 46.

= Lens micropterus

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Lens micropterus (Morelet, 1866), comb. nov. — Pfeiffer et al., 2021
+ Uniandra contradens tumidula (Lea, 1856) — Brandt, 1974
+ Nodularia (s.s.) asperula (Lea, 1866) — Simpson, 1914
+ Nodularia (s.s.) asperula (Lea, 1866) — Simpson, 1900
= Unio versus Lea — Fischer, 1891
= Margaron (Unio) versus Lea — Lea, 1870

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