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

nominal species Unio tenebricus Lea, 1857

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Unio tenebricus Lea, 1857 = Leaunio umbrans

Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 171.
Lea, 1858. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 6]: 83, pl. 17, fig. 63.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85143, Etowah R., Georgia.

= Leaunio umbrans

Taxonomic Opinions

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

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

+ Villosa vanuxemensis (Lea, 1836) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Villosa vanuxemensis umbrans (Lea, 1857) — Burch, 1975

+ Ligumia vanuxemensis (Lea, 1838) — Haas, 1969

+ Lampsilis (Ligumia) vanuxemensis (Lea, 1838) — Frierson, 1927

+ Eurynia (Micromya) vanuxemensis (Lea, 1838) — Ortmann, 1918

+ Lampsilis (Eurynia) vanuxemensis (Lea, 1838) — Simpson, 1914

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

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

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

 
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