MolluscaBase name details
Unio aratus Conrad, 1849
859024 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:859024)
unaccepted > junior homonym (of Unio aratus I. Lea, 1843, U. plectophorus Conrad, 1849 is replacement name)
Species
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; note: Unio plectophorus Conrad, 1849 is replacement name, see pg. 162 [details]
page(s): 154; note: Unio plectophorus Conrad, 1849 is replacement name, see 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 aratus Conrad, 1849. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=859024 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; note: Unio plectophorus Conrad, 1849 is replacement name, see 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]
page(s): 154; note: Unio plectophorus Conrad, 1849 is replacement name, see 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Flint River [details]
