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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Actinonaias medellina

nominal species Unio medellinus Lea, 1838

image of type lot

Unio medellinus Lea, 1838 = Actinonaias medellina

Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 26. [nomen nudum]
specimen image from publicationLea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 39, pl. 12, fig. 34.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_9679 (by Johnson & Baker, 1973: 161), Vera Cruz, Mex.

= Actinonaias medellina

Taxonomic Opinions

= Actinonaias medellina (Lea, 1838) — Cummings et al., 2025

= Actinonaias medellina (Lea, 1838) — Czaja et al., 2023

= Actinonaias medellina (Lea, 1838) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

= Actinonaias medellina Lea, 1838 — Bogan, 2013

= Actinonaias medellina Lea, 1838 — Bogan, 2010

= Actinonaias medellina (Lea, 1838) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

= Actinonaias medellina (Lea, 1838) — Haas, 1969

= Actinonaias medellina (Lea) — Thiele, 1934

= Lampsilis (Actinonaias) medellina (Lea) — Haas, 1929

= Lampsilis (Actinonaias) meddellina [sic] (Lea, 1838) — Frierson, 1927

= Actinonaias medellinusFrierson, 1917

= Nephronaias medellina (Lea, 1838) — Simpson, 1914

= Nephronaias medellinus (Lea, 1838) — Ihering, 1901

= Nephronaias medellinus (Lea, 1838) — Simpson, 1900

= Unio (Elliptio) medellinus Lea, 1838 — Martens, 1900

= Unio (Graphonaias) medellinus Lea, 1838 — Fischer & Crosse, 1894

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

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

= Unio medellinus Lea, 1838 — Sowerby, 1866

= Unio medellinus Lea — Küster, 1861

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

+ Unio purpuriatus Say, 1829 — Conrad, 1853

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

= Unio medellinus Lea — Hanley, 1843

= Margarita (Unio) medellinus Lea — Lea, 1838

= Margarita (Unio) medellinusLea, 1836

 
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