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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Lampsilis radiata

nominal species Unio conspicuus Lea, 1872

Unio conspicuus Lea, 1872 = Lampsilis radiata

Lea, 1872. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 24: 156.
Lea, 1874. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 34 [38], pl. 11, fig. 31.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85056, Yadkin R., near Salisbury, Rowan Co., N. Carolina.

= Lampsilis radiata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Lampsilis radiata (Gmelin, 1791) — Williams et al., 2017

= Lampsilis radiata conspicua (I. Lea, 1872) — ITIS, 2012

= Lampsilis radiata conspicua (Lea, 1872) — Bogan, 2002

= Lampsilis radiata conspicua (Lea, 1872) — Turgeon et al., 1998

= Lampsilis radiata conspicua (I. Lea) — Williams et al., 1993

= Lampsilis radiata conspicua (Lea, 1872) — Turgeon et al., 1988

+ Lampsilis radiata radiata (Gmelin, 1791) — Burch, 1975

+ Lampsilis (s.s.) radiata radiata (Gmelin, 1791) — R.I. Johnson, 1970

+ Ligumia radiata tenebrosa (Conrad, 1834) — Haas, 1969

+ Lampsilis (Ligumia) radiata-tenebrosa (Conrad, 1834) — Frierson, 1927

= Lampsilis (Eurynia) radiata var. conspicua (Lea, 1872) — Simpson, 1914

= Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) radiatus var. conspicuus Lea — Simpson, 1900

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