original description(ofUnio lacteolus 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 athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35957690 page(s): 49, pl. 8, fig. 19 [details]
original description(ofUnio divaricatus 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 athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35957690 page(s): 64, pl. 9, fig. 24 [details]
original description(ofUnio brownii 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 athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1935146 page(s): 95 [details]
original description(ofUnio rudus I. Lea, 1859)Lea, I. (1859). Descriptions of four new species of exotic Unionidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 187 [after 26 July 1859; before 10 January 1860]., available online athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26310601 page(s): 187 [details]
original description(ofUnio firmus I. Lea, 1866)Lea I. (1866). Description of twelve new species of Unionidæ from South America. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 18: 33-35 [after 27 March 1866, before 11 June 1866]., available online athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1861499 page(s): 33 [details]
basis of recordPereira, D.; Mansur, M. C. D.; Duarte, L. D. S.; De Oliveira, A. S.; Pimpão, D. M.; Callil, C. T.; Ituarte, C.; Parada, E.; Peredo, S.; Darrigran, G.; Scarabino, F.; Clavijo, C.; Lara, G.; Miyahira, I. C.; Rodriguez, M. T. R.; Lasso, C. (2014). Bivalve distribution in hydrographic regions in South America: historical overview and conservation. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 735:15–44., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-013-1639-x[details] Available for editors [request]
additional sourceGraf, D.; Cummings, K. (2019). Musselp database: The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves). , available online athttp://mussel-project.uwsp.edu/[details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Distribution South America, widespread in the Paraná System, and Atlantic Coastal streams in southern Brazil and Uruguay [details] Type locality Not stated in the original description. Probable syntypes are from Lake Potero, near Maldonado, Uruguay [details]
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