MUSSELp

MUSSELpdb

Introduction

Browse

d'basing

Search the MUSSELpdb

Taxonomy

all genera

Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

Hyriidae

Etheriidae

Mycetopodidae

Iridinidae


Species & Genus Richness by
Taxonomy

Geography

Summary

North America

Central America

South America

Afrotropics

North Eurasia

East Asia

Australasia


Species Richness & Endemism by
Geography

Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Leaunio umbrans

nominal species Unio porphyreus Lea, 1861

image of type lot

Unio porphyreus Lea, 1861 = Leaunio umbrans

Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 60.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 80 [84] , pl. 10, fig. 228.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84851, Coosa R., Alabama.

= Leaunio umbrans

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Leaunio umbrans (Lea, 1857) — Watters, 2018

+ Villosa lienosa (Conrad, 1834) — Watters et al., 2009

+ Villosa umbrans (Lea, 1857) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Villosa lienosa (Conrad, 1834) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Villosa lienosa (Conrad, 1834) — Burch, 1975

+ Ligumia lienosa (Conrad, 1834) — Haas, 1969

+ Villosa lienosus (Conrad, 1834) — Clench & Turner, 1956

+ Lampsilis (Ligumia) lienosa (Conrad, 1834) — Frierson, 1927

= Lampsilis (Eurynia) porphyrea (Lea, 1861) — Simpson, 1914

= Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) porphyreus Lea — Simpson, 1900

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

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

 
NSF icon MUSSEL icon
"Making the world a better place, one mollusk at a time."