MolluscaBase taxon details
Physunio superbus (I. Lea, 1843)
1251102 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1251102)
accepted
Species
Physunio (Physunio) superbus (I. Lea, 1843) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Physunio gravidus (I. Lea, 1856) · unaccepted (a junior synonym)
Unio abnormis Morelet, 1863 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Unio gravidus I. Lea, 1856 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Unio macropterus Dunker, 1846 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Unio superbus I. Lea, 1843 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Unio velaris Hanley, 1856 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
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(of Unio superbus I. Lea, 1843) Lea, I. (1843). [Description of twelve new species of uniones]. Privately printed, Philadelphia [on or before August 22, 1843, teste Scudder (1885: 42)]. 1 page.
page(s): [1] [details]
page(s): [1] [details]
Note "New Holland" = Australia (erroneously stated)...
From editor or global species database
Type locality "New Holland" = Australia (erroneously stated) - the lectotype locality [details]
Distribution East Asia: Mekong Basin, Malay peninsula, Java and Sumatra
Distribution East Asia: Mekong Basin, Malay peninsula, Java and Sumatra [details]
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original description
(of Unio superbus I. Lea, 1843) Lea, I. (1843). [Description of twelve new species of uniones]. Privately printed, Philadelphia [on or before August 22, 1843, teste Scudder (1885: 42)]. 1 page.
page(s): [1] [details]
original description (of Unio gravidus I. Lea, 1856) Lea I. (1856). Descriptions of twenty-five new species of exotic uniones. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 8(2): 92-95 [after 29 April; before 18 June]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1935146
page(s): 93 [details]
original description (of Unio abnormis Morelet, 1863) Morelet, A. (1863). Diagnoses testarum Indo-Sinarum. Series prima. <em>Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée.</em> (sér. 2) 14: 477-481. Dated Dec. 1862, published Jan. 1863., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2707339
page(s): 480 [details]
original description (of Unio velaris Hanley, 1856) Hanley, S. (1842-1856). An illustrated and descriptive catalogue of Recent bivalve shells, with 960 figures by Wood and Sowerby forming and Appendix to the Index Testaceologicus. Williams and Norgate, London. pp. i-xviii, 1-392, 1-8 (Systematic list of the shells figured in this work), 1-24 (A list of the species delineated in the supplementary plates), pl. 1-24., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/122011
page(s): 294, pl. 25, fig. 57 [details]
original description (of Unio macropterus Dunker, 1846) Dunker, W. (1846). Diagnoses Molluscorum novorum. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 3: 108-112., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16291902
page(s): 109 [details]
basis of record Do, T.V.; Tuan, L.Q.; Bogan, A.E. (2018). Freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionida) of Vietnam: Diversity, distribution, and conservation status. <em>Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation.</em> 21:1–18. [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Graf, D.; Cummings, K. (2019). Musselp database: The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves). , available online at http://mussel-project.uwsp.edu/ [details]
additional source Zieritz, A.; Bogan, A. E.; Froufe, E.; Klishko, O.; Kondo, T.; Kovitvadhi, U.; Kovitvadhi, S.; Lee, J. H.; Lopes-Lima, M.; Pfeiffer, J. M.; Sousa, R.; Van Do, T.; Vikhrev, I.; Zanatta, D. T. (2018). Diversity, biogeography and conservation of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionida) in East and Southeast Asia. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 810(1): 29-44., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-017-3104-8
page(s): Online resource 1 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pfeiffer, J. M.; Graf, D. L.; Cummings, K. S.; Page, L. M. (2021). Taxonomic revision of a radiation of South-east Asian freshwater mussels (Unionidae : Gonideinae : Contradentini+Rectidentini). <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 35(4): 394-470., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is20044 [details]
additional source Panha, S. ; Eongprakornkeaw, A. (1995). Glochidium Shell Morphology of Thai Amblemid Mussels. <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 54(3) : 225 - 236. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Brandt, R. A. M. (1974). The non-marine aquatic Mollusca of Thailand. <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 105: i-iv, 1-423., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Archiv-fuer-Molluskenkunde_105_0001-0423.pdf
page(s): 294, pl. 25, fig. 57 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): [1] [details]
original description (of Unio gravidus I. Lea, 1856) Lea I. (1856). Descriptions of twenty-five new species of exotic uniones. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 8(2): 92-95 [after 29 April; before 18 June]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1935146
page(s): 93 [details]
original description (of Unio abnormis Morelet, 1863) Morelet, A. (1863). Diagnoses testarum Indo-Sinarum. Series prima. <em>Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée.</em> (sér. 2) 14: 477-481. Dated Dec. 1862, published Jan. 1863., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2707339
page(s): 480 [details]
original description (of Unio velaris Hanley, 1856) Hanley, S. (1842-1856). An illustrated and descriptive catalogue of Recent bivalve shells, with 960 figures by Wood and Sowerby forming and Appendix to the Index Testaceologicus. Williams and Norgate, London. pp. i-xviii, 1-392, 1-8 (Systematic list of the shells figured in this work), 1-24 (A list of the species delineated in the supplementary plates), pl. 1-24., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/122011
page(s): 294, pl. 25, fig. 57 [details]
original description (of Unio macropterus Dunker, 1846) Dunker, W. (1846). Diagnoses Molluscorum novorum. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 3: 108-112., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16291902
page(s): 109 [details]
basis of record Do, T.V.; Tuan, L.Q.; Bogan, A.E. (2018). Freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionida) of Vietnam: Diversity, distribution, and conservation status. <em>Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation.</em> 21:1–18. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Graf, D.; Cummings, K. (2019). Musselp database: The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves). , available online at http://mussel-project.uwsp.edu/ [details]
additional source Zieritz, A.; Bogan, A. E.; Froufe, E.; Klishko, O.; Kondo, T.; Kovitvadhi, U.; Kovitvadhi, S.; Lee, J. H.; Lopes-Lima, M.; Pfeiffer, J. M.; Sousa, R.; Van Do, T.; Vikhrev, I.; Zanatta, D. T. (2018). Diversity, biogeography and conservation of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionida) in East and Southeast Asia. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 810(1): 29-44., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-017-3104-8
page(s): Online resource 1 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Pfeiffer, J. M.; Graf, D. L.; Cummings, K. S.; Page, L. M. (2021). Taxonomic revision of a radiation of South-east Asian freshwater mussels (Unionidae : Gonideinae : Contradentini+Rectidentini). <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 35(4): 394-470., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is20044 [details]
additional source Panha, S. ; Eongprakornkeaw, A. (1995). Glochidium Shell Morphology of Thai Amblemid Mussels. <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 54(3) : 225 - 236. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Brandt, R. A. M. (1974). The non-marine aquatic Mollusca of Thailand. <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 105: i-iv, 1-423., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Archiv-fuer-Molluskenkunde_105_0001-0423.pdf
page(s): 294, pl. 25, fig. 57 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution East Asia: Mekong Basin, Malay peninsula, Java and Sumatra [details]Type locality "New Holland" = Australia (erroneously stated) - the lectotype locality [details]
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Unio gravidus. Lea, 1856. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8: 93 - catalog no. 41748) (from synonym Unio gravidus I. Lea, 1856)
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes)
To Conchology (Physunio superbus)
To Conchology (Physunio superbus)
To Conchology (Physunio superbus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Physunio superbus)
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 55 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes)
To Conchology (Physunio superbus)
To Conchology (Physunio superbus)
To Conchology (Physunio superbus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Physunio superbus)
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 55 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
