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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Cambarunio iris

nominal species Unio dispansus Lea, 1871

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Unio dispansus Lea, 1871 = Cambarunio iris

Lea, 1871. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 23: 191.
Lea, 1874. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 19 [23], pl. 6, fig. 16.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85094, E Tennessee.

= Cambarunio iris

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Leaunio vanuxemensis (Lea, 1838) — Watters, 2018

+ Villosa iris (Lea, 1829) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Villosa iris (Lea, 1829) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

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

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

+ Eurynia nebulosus (Conrad, 1834) — Ortmann, 1918

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

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

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

 
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