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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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This page documents data for Küster (1862), such as genera and species attributed to that publication (including known misspellings, misidentifications, and other unavailable names) as well as taxonomic opinions, if available. Taxonomic opinions refer to uses of genera and species as valid and invalid in that work. The MUSSEL Project Database has moved to a new server, with a new URL! The new address for this page is: https://musselpdb.org/db.php?ty=publ&id=538 
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 Publication information 
Küster, H.C. 1862. Die Flussperlmuscheln (Unio et Hyria). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz Fortgesetzt von Hofrath Dr. G. v. Schubert und Professor Dr. J.A. Wagner 9(2): 257-318, pls. 68, 87-100. 
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Attributed Species Names
  Unio semiplicatus Küster, 1862
      Küster, 1862, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 279, pl. 94, fig. 4.
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  Unio gabonensis Küster, 1862
      Küster, 1862, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 291, pl. 97, fig. 7.
    Type(s): TYPE UNKNOWN, Gabon in West Africa.
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  Unio sennaariensis Küster, 1862
      Küster, 1862, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 280, pl. 94, figs. 5-6.
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  Monocondylaea rhomboidea Küster, 1862
      ‘Lea’ Küster, 1862, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 304, pl. 100, fig. 7.
    (misidentified reference to Monocondyloea rhomboidea Lea, 1859)
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  Unio modulatus Küster, 1862
     ‘Raf.’ Küster, 1862, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 311.
    (error for Obliquaria (Quadrula) nodulata Rafinesque, 1820)
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  Unio saccatus Küster, 1862
      ‘Anthony’ Küster, 1862, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 263, pl. 89, fig. 2.
    (homonym of Unio tumidus var. saccatus Rossmässler, 1859)
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  Margaritana correyana Küster, 1862
    ‘Lea’  of Authors.
     Küster, 1862, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 300.
     Paetel, 1890, Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 173.
    (error for Margaritana curreyiana Lea, 1840)
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  Unio rugosus Küster, 1862
      ‘Gmelin’ Küster, 1862, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 290, pl. 97, fig. 5.
    (reference to Mya rugosa Gmelin, 1791)
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  Margaritana marginata Küster, 1862
     ‘Say’  of Authors.
     Küster, 1862, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 297, pl. 99, fig. 3.
     Sowerby, 1866, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 51, sp. 267.
    (reference to Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818)
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  Unio turcicus Küster, 1862
       ‘Parreiss in sched.’ Küster, 1862, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 267, pl. 90, figs. 3-4.
    Type(s): SYNTYPES BMNH_47-5-28-1-2, Brussna.
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  Unio kotschyi Küster, 1862
      Küster, 1862, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 267, pl. 90, fig. 5.
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  Unio tampicoensis Küster, 1862
      ‘Lea’ Küster, 1862, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 275, pl. 93, fig. 1 [as ‘tampicoënsis’].
    (reference to Unio tampicoensis Lea, 1838)
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  Unio placidus Küster, 1862
      ‘Lea Mss.’ Küster, 1862, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 262, pl. 88, fig. 2.
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  Unio spathulatus Küster, 1862
     ‘Lea’ Küster, 1862, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 261.
    (error for Unio spatulatus Lea, 1845)
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  Unio orientalis Küster, 1862
     ‘Parreis in sched.’ Küster, 1862, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 267.
    (intro'd as syn of Unio kotschyi Küster, 1862)
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  Unio parreissii Küster, 1862
     ‘von dem Busch’ Küster, 1862, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 268.
    (error for Unio parreyssi Philippi, 1848)
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  Unio pumilio Küster, 1862
      ‘Parreiss is sched.’ Küster, 1862, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 268, pl. 90, fig. 7.
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  Unio tabascoensii Küster, 1862
     ‘Charp.’ Küster, 1862, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 309.
    (error for Unio tabascoensis Küster, 1856)
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  Unio tavoiensis Küster, 1862
     ‘Gould’ Küster, 1862, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 309.
    (error for Unio tavoyensis Gould, 1843)
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  Unio murchinsonianus Küster, 1862
     ‘Lea’ Küster, 1862, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 309.
    (error for Unio murchisonianus Lea, 1834)
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  Unio bullatus Küster, 1862
     ‘Lea’ Küster, 1862, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 311.
    (error for Unio pullatus Lea, 1857)
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  Margaritana fragilis Küster, 1862
      ‘Mousson’ Lea, 1852, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 45. [nomen nudum]
     ‘Mousson’ Küster, 1862, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 295, pl. 98, fig. 2.
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  Margaritana holstoniana Küster, 1862
     ‘Lea’ Küster, 1862, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 302.
    (error for Margaritana holstonia Lea, 1838)
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  Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) tampicoensis kusteriana Frierson, 1927
     ‘Lea’ Küster, 1862, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 275, pl. 93, fig. 1 [as ‘Unio tampicoënsis’].
     Frierson, 1927, Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 85, sp. 383d.
    (intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio tampicoensis Lea, 1838)
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Taxonomic Opinions
	 Dipsas discoidea Lea
	 + Unio tenuis Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833
	 
	Margaritana ambigua Say
	 
	Margaritana arcuata Barnes
	 
	Margaritana bonellii Férussac
	 + Unio depressa C. Pfeiffer, 1825
	 + Alasmodonta compressa Menke, 1830
	 
	Margaritana calceola Lea
	 + Alasmodonta truncata Conrad, 1834
	 
	Margaritana correyana [sic] Lea
	 
	Margaritana deltoidea Lea
	 
	Margaritana fabula Lea
	 
	Margaritana fragilis Mousson
	 
	Margaritana holstoniana [sic] Lea
	 
	Margaritana margaritifera Linné
	 
	Margaritana marginata Say
	 + Unio varicosa Lamarck, 1819
	 + Unio rugulosus Wood, 1828
	 
	Margaritana radiata Conrad
	 
	Margaritana raveneliana Lea
	 + Unio swananoensis Hanley, 1843
	 
	Margaritana triangulata Lea
	 
	Margaritana undulata Say
	 + Unio glabratus Sowerby & Sowerby, 1821
	 + Unio hians Valenciennes, 1827
	 
	Margaritana von dem buschiana Lea
	 
	Margaritana zollingeri Mousson
	 
	Monocondylaea planulata Lea
	 
	Monocondylaea rhomboidea Lea
	 
	Plagiodon isocardioides Lea
	 
	Unio araucanus Philippi
	 
	Unio aztecorum Philippi
	 
	Unio bigbyensis Lea
	 
	Unio chilensis Gray
	 
	Unio corrugatus Müller
	 + Unio corrugata Bruguière, 1797
	 
	Unio cyrenoides Philippi
	 
	Unio dunkerianus Lea
	 
	Unio fatuus Lea
	 
	Unio flavus Rafinesque
	 
	Unio fulmineus Parreiss
	 
	Unio gabonensis Küster
	 
	Unio holstonensis Lea
	 
	Unio japanensis Lea
	 
	Unio jejunus Lea
	 
	Unio kotschyi Küster
	 + Unio orientalis Küster, 1862
	 
	Unio latus Rafinesque
	 
	Unio liebmanni Philippi
	 
	Unio lineatus Lea
	 
	Unio membranaceus Maton
	 + Unio matoniana d’Orbigny, 1835
	 
	Unio mexicanus Philippi
	 
	Unio molinae Philippi
	 
	Unio mytiloides Rafinesque
	 
	Unio obliquatus Rafinesque
	 
	Unio parreissii [sic] von dem Busch
	 
	Unio patulus Lea
	 
	Unio paulus Lea
	 
	Unio perovalis Conrad
	 
	Unio placidus Lea
	 
	Unio plenus Lea
	 
	Unio plumbeus Chemnitz
	 
	Unio psammoica d’Orbigny
	 
	Unio pullus Conrad
	 
	Unio pumilio Parreiss
	 
	Unio rangianus Lea
	 
	Unio ravenelianus Lea
	 + Unio rudis Conrad, 1837
	 
	Unio ridibundus Say
	 + Unio sulcatus Lea, 1829
	 
	Unio rudus Lea
	 
	Unio rugosus Gmelin
	 
	Unio rutilans Lea
	 
	Unio saccatus Anthony
	 
	Unio schwerzenbachi Parreiss
	 
	Unio semiplicatus Küster
	 
	Unio sennaariensis Küster
	 
	Unio simus Lea
	 
	Unio sloatianus Lea
	 
	Unio solidus Lea
	 
	Unio spathulatus [sic] Lea
	 
	Unio subangulatus Lea
	 
	Unio subplanus Conrad
	 
	Unio subtrapezius Philippi
	 
	Unio taeniatus Conrad
	 
	Unio tampicoënsis Lea
	 
	Unio tappanianus Lea
	 + Unio viridis Conrad, 1835
	 
	Unio tetricus Lea
	 
	Unio trapezoides Lea
	 + Unio crassidens Lamarck, 1819
	 + Unio interruptus Say, 1831
	 
	Unio turcicus Parreiss
	 
	Unio vanuxemensis Lea
	 
	Unio verrucosus Rafinesque
	 + Unio tuberculatus Barnes, 1823
	 
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