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!

Search the database pages:

Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Quadrulini | Quadrulina | Quadrula quadrula

nominal species Unio speciosus Lea, 1862

Lea, 1862, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 14: 168.
Lea, 1862, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 207 [29], pl. 31, fig. 276.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84172, Leon Co., Texas.

= Quadrula quadrula

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Quadrula apiculata (Say, 1829) — R.I. Johnson, 1999
+ Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820) — Burch, 1975
= Quadrula (s.s.) quadrula speciosa (Lea, 1862) — Haas, 1969
= Quadrula (s.s.) quadrula-speciosa (Lea, 1862) — Frierson, 1927
= Quadrula (sec. Theliderma) speciosa (Lea, 1862) — Simpson, 1914
- NO OPINION — de Gregorio, 1914
= Quadrula speciosa (Lea) — Ortmann, 1910
= Quadrula (sec. Theliderma) speciosa (Lea, 1862) — Simpson, 1900
= Unio speciosus Lea — Call, 1895
= Unio speciosus Lea — Singley, 1893
= Unio speciosus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) speciosus (Lea) — Lea, 1870
= Unio speciosus Lea, 1862 — Sowerby, 1868

Page updated: 11:45:34 Tue 05 Nov 2024