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species Actinonaias medellina (Lea, 1838): synonymy

109 specimens

Synonymy

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Unio medellinus Lea, 1838

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.

Nephronaias medellinusSimpson (1900), Ihering (1901)
Unio (Elliptio) medellinusMartens (1900)
Nephronaias medellinaSimpson (1914)
Actinonaias medellinusFrierson (1917)
Lampsilis (Actinonaias) meddellina [sic]Frierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Actinonaias) medellinaHaas (1929)
Actinonaias medellinaThiele (1934), Haas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Bogan (2013), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023), Cummings et al. (2025)

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Unio veracruzensis Lea, 1868

Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 150.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 320 [80], pl. 52, fig. 133.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_25432, Vera Cruz, Mexico.

Lampsilis (Proptera) umbrosusSimpson (1900)
Unio (Elliptio) medellinusMartens (1900)
Lampsilis (Proptera) umbrosaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) umbrosaFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) umbrosa umbrosaHaas (1969)
Actinonaias medellinaCummings et al. (2025)

Lampsilis (Actinonaias) meddellina Frierson, 1927

‘Lea’ Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 84.
(error for Unio medellinus Lea, 1838)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Nephronaias medellinusSimpson (1900), Ihering (1901)
Unio (Elliptio) medellinusMartens (1900)
Lampsilis (Proptera) umbrosusSimpson (1900)
Nephronaias medellinaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Proptera) umbrosaSimpson (1914)
Actinonaias medellinusFrierson (1917)
Lampsilis (Actinonaias) meddellina [sic]Frierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) umbrosaFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Actinonaias) medellinaHaas (1929)
Actinonaias medellinaThiele (1934), Haas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Bogan (2013), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023), Cummings et al. (2025)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) umbrosa umbrosaHaas (1969)