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species Toxolasma lividum Rafinesque, 1831: synonymy

1 specimen + 2 GenBank vouchers

Synonymy

Toxolasma lividus Rafinesque, 1831

Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 2.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 72.

Toxolasma lividumOrtmann (1918), Lee (2006), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), Bogan (2010), ... Hopper et al. (2023), MolluscaBase (2024), Freeman et al. (2025), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Carunculina mœstaOrtmann & Walker (1922)
Carunculina glansFrierson (1927), Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1980)
Toxelasma lividumThiele (1934)
Toxolasma lividaMorrison (1969)
Toxolasma lividusTurgeon et al. (1988), Cummings & Mayer (1992), Williams et al. (1993), Cummings & Mayer (1997), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), ... ITIS (2012), Haag (2012), Mitchell et al. (2016), Chase et al. (2018), Patterson et al. (2021)

image of type lot

Unio moestus Lea, 1841

Lea, 1841. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 2: 82 [as ‘mœstus’].
specimen image from publicationLea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 244 [82], pl. 26, fig. 60 [as ‘mæstus’].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85320, French Broad R., E Tenn.

Lampsilis (Carunculina) mœstusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Carunculina) mœstaSimpson (1914)
Toxolasma lividumOrtmann (1918), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), Bieler (2021)
Carunculina mœstaOrtmann & Walker (1922)
Carunculina moestaOrtmann (1924), Ortmann (1925)
Carunculina glansFrierson (1927), Haas (1969), Stansbery (1970), R.I. Johnson (1980)
Carunculina parvaBurch (1975)
Toxolasma lividusParmalee & Bogan (1998)

Unio castus var. mirus de Gregorio, 1914

(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio castus Lea, 1860)
de Gregorio, 1914. Il Nat. Siciliano 2: 57.

Unio castus var. mirusde Gregorio (1914)
Toxolasma lividumMolluscaBase (2024)

Unio maestus ‘Lea’ of Authors

(error for Unio moestus Lea, 1841)
‘Lea’ of Authors.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 244 [82], pl. 26, fig. 60 [as ‘mæstus’].
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 31 [as ‘mæstus’].
B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [3] [as ‘mæstus’].

Lampsilis (Carunculina) mœstusSimpson (1900)
Carunculina glansFrierson (1927)
Toxolasma lividumWatters et al. (2009), Bieler (2021), MolluscaBase (2024)

Carunculina glans moaesta R.I. Johnson, 1980

(error for Unio moestus Lea, 1841)
R.I. Johnson, 1980. Bull. MCZ 149(2): 94.

Toxolasma lividus grans Kongim et al., 2015

(error for Unio glans Lea, 1831)
Kongim et al., 2015. ZooKeys 514: 103.

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Lampsilis (Carunculina) mœstusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Carunculina) mœstaSimpson (1914)
Unio castus var. mirusde Gregorio (1914)
Toxolasma lividumOrtmann (1918), Lee (2006), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), Bogan (2010), ... Hopper et al. (2023), MolluscaBase (2024), Freeman et al. (2025), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Carunculina mœstaOrtmann & Walker (1922)
Carunculina moestaOrtmann (1924), Ortmann (1925)
Carunculina glansFrierson (1927), Haas (1969), Stansbery (1970), R.I. Johnson (1980)
Toxelasma lividumThiele (1934)
Toxolasma lividaMorrison (1969)
Carunculina parvaBurch (1975)
Toxolasma lividusTurgeon et al. (1988), Cummings & Mayer (1992), Williams et al. (1993), Cummings & Mayer (1997), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), ... ITIS (2012), Haag (2012), Mitchell et al. (2016), Chase et al. (2018), Patterson et al. (2021)
Toxolasma lividus grans [sic]Kongim et al. (2015)