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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Fusconaia subrotunda

nominal species Unio globatus Lea, 1871

Lea, 1871, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 23: 191.
Lea, 1874, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 5 [9], pl. 1, fig. 1.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85820, Holston R., Tenn.

= Fusconaia subrotunda

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Fusconaia subrotunda (Lea, 1831) — Williams et al., 2008
+ Fusconaia subrotunda (Lea, 1831) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998
+ Fusconaia subrotunda (Lea, 1831) — Burch, 1975
+ Fusconaia pilaris (Lea, 1840) — Haas, 1969
+ Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) pilaris (Lea, 1840) — Frierson, 1927
+ Fusconaia pilaris (Lea, 1840) — Ortmann, 1918
= Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) globata (Lea, 1871) — Simpson, 1914
= Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) globata (Lea, 1871) — Simpson, 1900
+ Unio ebenus Lea, 1830 — Call, 1895
= Unio globatus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888

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