WoRMS taxon details
Plethobasus cicatricosus (Say, 1829)
857353 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:857353)
accepted
Species
Margarita (Unio) varicosus (I. Lea, 1834) · unaccepted
Margaron (Unio) varicosus (I. Lea, 1834) · unaccepted
Pleurobema (Plethobasus) cicatricosa (Say, 1829) · unaccepted
Pleurobema (Plethobasus) cicatricosum (Say, 1829) · unaccepted
Pleurobema (Plethobasus) detectum (Frierson, 1911) · unaccepted
Unio cicatricoides Frierson, 1911 · unaccepted
Unio cicatricosus Say, 1829 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Unio detectus Frierson, 1911 · unaccepted
Unio varicosus I. Lea, 1831 · unaccepted
(of Unio cicatricosus Say, 1829) Say T. (1829). Descriptions of some new terrestrial and fluviatile shells of North America. (cont.). <em>The Disseminator of Useful Knowledge; Containing Hints to the Youth of the U. States, from the School of Industry.</em> 2(19): 291-293 [23 September 1829].
page(s): 292, sp. 2 [details]
page(s): 292, sp. 2 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Plethobasus cicatricosus (Say, 1829). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=857353 on 2026-02-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Unio cicatricosus Say, 1829) Say T. (1829). Descriptions of some new terrestrial and fluviatile shells of North America. (cont.). <em>The Disseminator of Useful Knowledge; Containing Hints to the Youth of the U. States, from the School of Industry.</em> 2(19): 291-293 [23 September 1829].
page(s): 292, sp. 2 [details]
original description (of Unio varicosus I. Lea, 1831) Lea, I. (1831). Observations on the naïades, and descriptions of new species of that and other families. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 4: 63-121, plates 3-18., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24786630
page(s): 90, pl. 11, fig. 20 [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]
page(s): 292, sp. 2 [details]
original description (of Unio varicosus I. Lea, 1831) Lea, I. (1831). Observations on the naïades, and descriptions of new species of that and other families. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 4: 63-121, plates 3-18., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24786630
page(s): 90, pl. 11, fig. 20 [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]
Other
additional source
InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | white wartyback | [details] |
