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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Lampsilis virescens
nominal species Unio virescens Lea, 1858
Unio virescens Lea, 1858 = Lampsilis virescens
Lea, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 40.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 341 [23], pl. 55, fig. 166.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84927, Tuscumbia, Alabama.
Taxonomic Opinions
= Lampsilis virescens (Lea, 1858) — FMCS, 2025: [4].
= Lampsilis virescens (Lea, 1858) — Hopper et al., 2023.
= Lampsilis virescens (Lea, 1858) — Graf & Cummings, 2021: 17.
= Lampsilis virescens — Porto-Hannes et al., 2021: Table S2.
= Lampsilis virescens (Lea, 1858) — FMCS, 2021: [4].
= Lampsilis virescens (Lea, 1858) — Stodola et al., 2021: 60, fig. 1h.
= Lampsilis virescens — Inoue et al., 2020: Table S2.
= Lampsilis virescens — Porto-Hannes et al., 2019: 445, Table 2.
= Lampsilis virescens — Inoue et al., 2018: Table S2.
= Lampsilis virescens (Lea, 1858) — Williams et al., 2017: 40.
= Lampsilis virescens (Lea, 1858) — Campbell & Lydeard, 2012: 21.
= Lampsilis virescens — Moyer & Díaz-Ferguson, 2012: 887.
= Lampsilis virescens (I. Lea, 1858) — ITIS, 2012: [web].
= Lampsilis virescens — Haag, 2012: 71.
= Lampsilis virescens Lea, 1858 — Bogan, 2010: [18].
= Lampsilis virescens — Cummings & Graf, 2010: 376.
= Lampsilis virescens (Lea, 1858) — Williams et al., 2008: 385.
= Lampsilis virescens (Lea, 1858) — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 305.
= Lampsilis virescens (Lea) — Lydeard et al., 1999: 128.
= Lampsilis virescens (Lea, 1858) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998: 138, pl. 55.
= Lampsilis virescens (Lea, 1858) — Turgeon et al., 1998: 35.
= Lampsilis virescens (Lea, 1858) — IUCN, 1996: [web].
= Lampsilis virescens (I. Lea) — Williams et al., 1993: 12.
= Lampsilis virescens (Lea, 1858) — Turgeon et al., 1988: 31.
= Lampsilis virescens (Lea, 1858) — R.I. Johnson, 1980: 87, Table 1.
= Lampsilis virescens (Lea, 1858) — Stansbery, 1970: 19.
= Ligumia virescens (Lea, 1858) — Haas, 1969: 432.
= Lampsilis (Ligumia) virescens (Lea, 1858) — Frierson, 1927: 70, sp. 312.
= Lampsilis virescens (Lea) — Ortmann, 1925: 357.
= Lampsilis virescens (Lea) — Ortmann, 1924: 43.
= Lampsilis virescens (Lea, 1858) — Ortmann, 1918: 582.
= Lampsilis (Eurynia) virescens (Lea, 1858) — Simpson, 1914: 93.
= Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) virescens Lea — Simpson, 1900: 544.
= Unio virescens Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888: [6].
= Margaron (Unio) vivescens [sic] (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 42.
