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

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Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Quadrulini | Quadrulina | Pustulosa pustulosa

nominal species Unio cahabensis Lea, 1871

Lea, 1871, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 23: 190.
Lea, 1874, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 17 [21], pl. 5, fig. 14.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_84204, Cahaba R., Ala.

= Pustulosa pustulosa

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Cyclonaias pustulosa (Lea, 1831) — Lopes-Lima et al., 2019
+ Quadrula asperata (Lea, 1861) — Williams et al., 2008
+ Quadrula pustulosa (Lea, 1831) — Burch, 1975
+ Quadrula (Pustulosa) pustulosa vallata (Lea, 1868) — Haas, 1969
+ Quadrula (Bullata) pustulosa-vallata (Lea, 1868) — Frierson, 1927
= Quadrula (sec. Theliderma) cahabensis (Lea, 1871) — Simpson, 1914
= Quadrula (sec. Theliderma) cahabensis (Lea, 1871) — Simpson, 1900
+ Unio pustulosus Lea, 1830 — Call, 1895
= Unio cahabensis Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888

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