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Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Lamellidentini | Lamellidens
species Lamellidens lamellatus (Lea, 1838): synonymy
50 specimens + 4 Genbank vouchers
Synonymy
Unio lamellatus Lea, 1838
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 26. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 19, pl. 6, fig. 16.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85173, Ganges R., India.
Lamellidens (s.s.) lamellatus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. lamellatus — Preston (1912)
Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis lamellatus — Preston (1915)
Lamellidens lamellatus — Prashad (1922), Srinivasa Rao (1928), Haas (1969), Subba Rao (1989), Graf & Cummings (2007), Nesemann et al. (2007), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2010), Zieritz et al. (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021), Bolotov et al. (2022)
Lamellidens (marginalis-group) lamellatus — Bolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2024)
Unio layardii Lea, 1859
Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 153.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 243, pl. 36, fig. 122.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965159, Ceylon.
Lamellidens (s.s.) lamellatus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. lamellatus — Preston (1912)
Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis lamellatus — Preston (1915)
Lamellidens lamellatus — Haas (1969)
Lamellidens (marginalis-group) marginalis — Bolotov et al. (2022)
Lamellidens marginalis ‘Lamarck’ of Authors
‘Lamarck’ of Authors.
Bolotov et al., 2017. Sci. Repts. 7: Table S1 [as ‘Lamellidens marginalis sp. 4’].
Huang et al., 2019. MPE 130: Table S4 [as ‘Lamellidens marginalis sp. 4’].
(misidentified reference to Unio marginalis Lamarck, 1819)
Lamellidens lamellatus — Bolotov et al. (2022)
Taxonomic History (since 1900)
Lamellidens (s.s.) lamellatus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. lamellatus — Preston (1912)
Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis lamellatus — Preston (1915)
Lamellidens lamellatus — Prashad (1922), Srinivasa Rao (1928), Haas (1969), Subba Rao (1989), Graf & Cummings (2007), Nesemann et al. (2007), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2010), Zieritz et al. (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021), Bolotov et al. (2022)
Lamellidens aff. marginalis sp. 4 — Bolotov et al. (2017), Huang et al. (2019)
Lamellidens (marginalis-group) lamellatus — Bolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2024)
Lamellidens (marginalis-group) marginalis — Bolotov et al. (2022)
