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Megalonaias nickliniana (I. Lea, 1834)
1381595 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1381595)
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Species
Unio digitatus Morelet, 1851 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Unio nicklinianus I. Lea, 1834 · unaccepted (basionym)
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(of Unio nicklinianus I. Lea, 1834) Lea, I. (1834). Observations on the naïades; and descriptions of new species of that, and other families. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 5: 23-119, pls 1-19 [August or September 1834]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35957690
page(s): 28 [140], pl. 1, fig. 1 [details]
page(s): 28 [140], pl. 1, fig. 1 [details]
Note Canton China? [Central America]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Canton China? [Central America] [details]
Distribution Mexico to Guatemala
Distribution Mexico to Guatemala [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Megalonaias nickliniana (I. Lea, 1834). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1381595 on 2025-04-30
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original description
(of Unio nicklinianus I. Lea, 1834) Lea, I. (1834). Observations on the naïades; and descriptions of new species of that, and other families. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 5: 23-119, pls 1-19 [August or September 1834]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35957690
page(s): 28 [140], pl. 1, fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Unio digitatus Morelet, 1851) Morelet, A. (1851). <i>Testacea novissima insulae Cubanae et Americae Centralis</i>, Pars II. Paris: Baillière. 30 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11485022
page(s): 24 [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): 28 [140], pl. 1, fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Unio digitatus Morelet, 1851) Morelet, A. (1851). <i>Testacea novissima insulae Cubanae et Americae Centralis</i>, Pars II. Paris: Baillière. 30 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11485022
page(s): 24 [details]
basis of record 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
