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species Lamellidens lamellatus (Lea, 1838): synonymy

54 specimens + 4 GenBank vouchers

Synonymy

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Unio lamellatus Lea, 1838

Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 26. [nomen nudum]
specimen image from publicationLea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 19, pl. 6, fig. 16.
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), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), Bolotov et al. (2022), Campbell & Lydeard (2026), Konopleva et al. (2026), Li et al. (2026)
Lamellidens (marginalis-group) lamellatus — Bolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2024)

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Unio layardii Lea, 1859

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 153.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 243, pl. 36, fig. 122.
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

(misidentified reference to Unio marginalis Lamarck, 1819)
‘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’].

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), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), Bolotov et al. (2022), Campbell & Lydeard (2026), Konopleva et al. (2026), Li et al. (2026)
“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)