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Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Hamiota
species Hamiota australis (Simpson, 1900): synonymy
1 specimen + 5 Genbank vouchers
Synonymy
Lampsilis australis Simpson, 1900
Simpson, 1900. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 52: 75, pl. 2, fig. 2.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 544.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 94.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_150473, Little Patsaliga Creek, Alabama.
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) australis — Simpson (1900)
Lampsilis australis — Simpson (1900), Clench & Turner (1956), Burch (1975), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lydeard et al. (1999), Roe et al. (2002), Campbell et al. (2005), ITIS (2012)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) australis — Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) australis — Frierson (1927)
Ligumia australis — Haas (1969)
Hamiota australis — Roe & Hartfield (2005), Zanatta & Murphy (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)
Taxonomic History (since 1900)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) australis — Simpson (1900)
Lampsilis australis — Simpson (1900), Clench & Turner (1956), Burch (1975), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lydeard et al. (1999), Roe et al. (2002), Campbell et al. (2005), ITIS (2012)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) australis — Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) australis — Frierson (1927)
Ligumia australis — Haas (1969)
Hamiota australis — Roe & Hartfield (2005), Zanatta & Murphy (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)
