MolluscaBase name details
Unio plectophorus Conrad, 1849
859023 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:859023)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
Unio aratus Conrad, 1849 · unaccepted > junior homonym (of Unio aratus I. Lea, 1843, U....)
of Unio aratus I. Lea, 1843, U. plectophorus Conrad, 1849 is replacement name
Conrad, T. A. (1849). Descriptions of new fresh water and marine shells. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 4: 152-156., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5445350
page(s): 154, 162; note: Named Unio aratus on pg. 154, changed to Unio plectophorus on pg. 162 [details]
page(s): 154, 162; note: Named Unio aratus on pg. 154, changed to Unio plectophorus on pg. 162 [details]
Type locality contained in Georgia (US State) , Note Flint River
type locality contained in Georgia (US State) (origin: native) [details]
Type locality Flint River [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Unio plectophorus Conrad, 1849. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=859023 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Conrad, T. A. (1849). Descriptions of new fresh water and marine shells. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 4: 152-156., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5445350
page(s): 154, 162; note: Named Unio aratus on pg. 154, changed to Unio plectophorus on pg. 162 [details]
basis of record Williams, J. D., Bogan, A. E. & Garner, J. T. (2008). Freshwater mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. <em>University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.</em> 908 pp. [details]
additional source InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
additional source Conrad, T. A. (1849). Descriptions of new fresh water and marine shells. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> (2) 1(4): 275-280, plates 37-39., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35780365
page(s): 277, pl. 38, fig. 7 [details]
page(s): 154, 162; note: Named Unio aratus on pg. 154, changed to Unio plectophorus on pg. 162 [details]
basis of record Williams, J. D., Bogan, A. E. & Garner, J. T. (2008). Freshwater mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. <em>University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.</em> 908 pp. [details]
additional source InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
additional source Conrad, T. A. (1849). Descriptions of new fresh water and marine shells. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> (2) 1(4): 275-280, plates 37-39., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35780365
page(s): 277, pl. 38, fig. 7 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Flint River [details]
