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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Villosa vibex

nominal species Unio sudus Lea, 1857

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Unio sudus Lea, 1857 = Villosa vibex

Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 170.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 194 [12], pl. 21, fig. 77.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85155, Dry Creek, near Columbus, Georgia.

= Villosa vibex

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Villosa vibex (Conrad, 1834) — Watters, 2018

+ Villosa lienosa (Conrad, 1834) — Williams et al., 2014

+ Villosa lienosa (Conrad, 1834) — Williams et al., 2011

+ Villosa vibex (Conrad, 1834) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Villosa vibex (Conrad, 1834) — Brim Box & Williams, 2000

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

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

+ Villosa vibex (Conrad, 1834) — R.I. Johnson, 1972

+ Villosa vibex (Conrad, 1834) — R.I. Johnson, 1970

+ Ligumia ogeecheensis (Conrad, 1849) — Haas, 1969

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

+ Lampsilis (Ligumia) ogeecheensis (Conrad, 1849) — Frierson, 1927

= Lampsilis (Eurynia) suda (Lea, 1857) — Simpson, 1914

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

= Unio sudus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888

= Unio sudus Lea — Lea, 1874

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

 
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