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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Cambarunio simus

nominal species Unio cumberlandicus Lea, 1838

image of type lot

Unio cumberlandicus Lea, 1838 = Cambarunio simus

Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 27 [as ‘cumberlandianus’]. [nomen nudum]
specimen image from publicationLea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 25, pl. 7, fig. 19.
(renamed Margaron (Unio) cumberlandianus Lea, 1852)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85254, Tenn.

= Cambarunio simus

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Cambarunio simus (Lea, 1836) — Watters, 2018

+ Villosa iris (Lea, 1829) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Ligumia nebulosa (Conrad, 1834) — Haas, 1969

+ Lampsilis (Ligumia) nebulosa (Conrad, 1834) — Frierson, 1927

+ Eurynia nebulosus (Conrad, 1834) — Ortmann, 1918

+ Lampsilis (Eurynia) nebulosa (Conrad, 1834) — Simpson, 1914

+ Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) nebulosus Conrad — Simpson, 1900

= Unio cumberlandicus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888

= Margaron (Unio) cumberlandicus (Lea) — Lea, 1870

= Unio cumberlandicus Lea, 1838 — Sowerby, 1866

+ Unio cumberlandianus Lea, 1838 — Conrad, 1853

+ Margaron (Unio) cumberlandianus Lea — Lea, 1852

+ Unio cumberlandianus Lea — Hanley, 1843

 
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