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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Cambarunio dactylus

nominal species Unio dactylus Lea, 1840

image of type lot

Unio dactylus Lea, 1840 = Cambarunio dactylus

Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 287.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 196, pl. 9, fig. 7.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85904, Cany [Caney] Fork, E. Tenn.

= Cambarunio dactylus

Taxonomic Opinions

= Cambarunio dactylus (Lea, 1840) — FMCS, 2025

= Cambarunio dactylus (Lea, 1840) — Hopper et al., 2023

= Cambarunio dactylus (Lea, 1840) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

= Cambarunio dactylus (Lea, 1840) — FMCS, 2021

= Cambarunio dactylus dactylus (Lea, 1840) — Watters, 2018

+ Villosa iris (Lea, 1829) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Villosa iris (Lea, 1829) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Lampsilis (Ligumia) nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Frierson, 1927

+ Eurynia nebulosus (Conrad, 1834) — Ortmann, 1918

+ Lampsilis (Eurynia) fatua (Lea, 1840) — Simpson, 1914

+ Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) fatuus Lea — Simpson, 1900

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

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

= Unio dactylus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857

= Unio dactylus Lea, 1841 — Conrad, 1853

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

 
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