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

nominal species Unio creperus Lea, 1838

Unio creperus Lea, 1838 = Cambarunio iris

Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 28. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 33, pl. 10, fig. 28.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_85264, Tennessee.

= Cambarunio iris

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Cambarunio iris (Lea, 1829) — Watters, 2018

+ Villosa iris (Lea, 1829) — Williams et al., 2008

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

+ Villosa iris (Lea, 1829) — Oesch, 1984

+ Ligumia nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Haas, 1969

+ Lampsilis (Ligumia) nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Frierson, 1927

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

+ Lampsilis (Eurynia) iris (Lea, 1829) — Simpson, 1914

+ Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) iris Lea — Simpson, 1900

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

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

= Unio (Hyridella) creperus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857

= Unio creperus Lea — Conrad, 1853

= Margaron (Unio) creperus (Lea) — Lea, 1852

= Unio cresserus [sic] Lea — Hanley, 1843

= Margarita (Unio) creperus Lea — Lea, 1838

= Margarita (Unio) creperus — Lea, 1836