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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Fusconaia cuneolus

nominal species Unio appressus Lea, 1871

Lea, 1871, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 23: 189.
Lea, 1874, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 12 [16], pl. 3, fig. 8.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_84483, Tuscumbia, Ala.

= Fusconaia cuneolus

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Fusconaia cuneolus (Lea, 1840) — Williams et al., 2008
+ Fusconaia cuneolus (Lea, 1840) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998
+ Fusconaia cuneolus (Lea, 1840) — R.I. Johnson, 1980
+ Fusconaia cuneolus (Lea, 1840) — Burch, 1975
+ Quadrula (Pleuronaia) dolabelloides (Lea, 1840) — Haas, 1969
+ Quadrula (Pleuronaia) dolabelloides (Lea, 1840) — Frierson, 1927
= Fusconaia cuneolus appressa (Lea) — Ortmann, 1925
= Fusconaia cuneolus appressa (Lea) — Ortmann, 1924
= Fusconaia cuneolus appressa (Lea, 1871) — Ortmann, 1918
= Pleurobema (s.s.) appressum (Lea, 1871) — Simpson, 1914
- NO OPINION — de Gregorio, 1914
= Pleurobema (s.s.) appressa (Lea, 1871) — Simpson, 1900
= Unio appressus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888

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