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species Lampsilis splendida (Lea, 1838): synonymy

1 specimen

Synonymy

image of type lot

Unio splendidus Lea, 1838

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

Lampsilis (s.s.) splendidus — Simpson (1900)
Lampsilis (s.s.) splendida — Simpson (1914), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1970)
Lampsilis radiata splendida — Burch (1975)
Lampsilis splendida — Davis & Fuller (1981), Kat (1983), Kat (1983), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

Unio regularis Sowerby, 1866

(misidentified reference to Unio regularis Lea, 1841)
specimen image from publication‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 34, sp. 181.

Lampsilis (s.s.) splendidus — Simpson (1900)
Lampsilis (s.s.) splendida — Simpson (1914), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1970)
Lampsilis radiata splendida — Burch (1975)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Lampsilis (s.s.) splendidus — Simpson (1900)
Lampsilis (s.s.) splendida — Simpson (1914), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1970)
Lampsilis radiata splendida — Burch (1975)
Lampsilis splendida — Davis & Fuller (1981), Kat (1983), Kat (1983), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)