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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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species Lampsilis splendida (Lea, 1838): synonymy
     1 specimen

Unio splendidus Lea, 1838
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 23. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 70, pl. 19, fig. 61.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84893, Altamaha R., Georgia.

Lampsilis (s.s.) splendidusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (s.s.) splendidaSimpson (1914), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1970)
de Gregorio (1914)
Lampsilis radiata splendidaBurch (1975)
Lampsilis splendidaDavis & Fuller (1981), Kat (1983), Kat (1983), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), ... Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)

Unio regularis Sowerby, 1866
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 34, sp. 181.

Lampsilis (s.s.) splendidusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (s.s.) splendidaSimpson (1914), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1970)
Lampsilis radiata splendidaBurch (1975)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Lampsilis (s.s.) splendidusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (s.s.) splendidaSimpson (1914), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1970)
de Gregorio (1914)
Lampsilis radiata splendidaBurch (1975)
Lampsilis splendidaDavis & Fuller (1981), Kat (1983), Kat (1983), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), ... Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)

 
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