original description
Lea, I. (1841). On fresh water and land shells (continuation) [twenty-two new species of fresh water and land shells of the United States, chiefly from Alabama and Tennessee]. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> 2(19): 81-83 [on or before 16 November 1841 teste Scudder (1885: 34)]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34521509
page(s): 82 [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]
status source
Bieler, R. (2021). Isaac Lea's (1792-1886) substitutions and other modifications of his own names of molluscan species. <em>Malacologia.</em> 64(1): 1-56.
page(s): 13-14 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Spelling Unio moestus is a frequent misspelling [details]