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 sphaericus Lea, 1868

Lea, 1868, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 145 [as ‘sphæricus’].
Lea, 1868, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 319 [79], pl. 51, fig. 132 [as ‘sphæricus’].
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_84271, Pearl River, Jackson, Miss.

= Pustulosa pustulosa

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Cyclonaias pustulosa (Lea, 1831) — Lopes-Lima et al., 2019
+ Cyclonaias pustulosa (Lea, 1831) — Johnson et al., 2018
+ Quadrula mortoni (Conrad, 1836) — Howells et al., 1996
+ Quadrula mortoni (Conrad, 1835) — Vidrine, 1993
+ Quadrula pustulosa (Lea, 1831) — Burch, 1975
- OMITTED — Haas, 1969
+ Quadrula (Bullata) pustulosa-refulgens (Lea, 1868) — Frierson, 1927
+ Quadrula pustulosa (Lea, 1831) — Ortmann, 1918
= Quadrula (sec. Theliderma) sphaerica (Lea, 1868) — Simpson, 1914
= Quadrula sphaerica (Lea, 1868) — Ortmann, 1912
= Quadrula (sec. Theliderma) sphaerica (Lea, 1868) — Simpson, 1900
= Unio sphæricus Lea — Pilsbry & Rhoads, 1896
+ Unio pustulosus Lea, 1830 — Call, 1895
= Unio sphaericus Lea — Singley, 1893
= Unio sphæricus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) spæricus [sic] (Lea) — Lea, 1870

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