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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Popenaiadini | Popenaias

species Popenaias semirasa (Pilsbry, 1910): synonymy

65 specimens + 21 Genbank vouchers

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Lampsilis semirasa Pilsbry, 1910

Pilsbry, 1910. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 61: 534, pl. 26, figs. 7-9.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_99542, Ganina R., 3 mi SW San Dieguito, S.L. Potosi, Mex.

Lampsilis semirasaPilsbry (1910), Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Friersonia) semirasaFrierson (1927)
Friersonia iridellaHaas (1969)
Popenaias ganinaInoue et al. (2020)
Popenaias semirasaCzaja et al. (2023), Cummings et al. (2025)

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Lampsilis metallica ganina Pilsbry, 1910

Pilsbry, 1910. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 61: 539, pl. 27, fig. 6.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio metallicus Say, 1831)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] ANSP_99523A (by Johnson & Baker, 1973: 156), Ganina River, 3 mi SW San Dieguito, Mexico.

Lampsilis metallica ganinaPilsbry (1910)
Lampsilis (Proptera) metallicus var. ganinusSimpson (1914)
Elliptio (Popenaias) metallicus-ganinusFrierson (1927)
Elliptio (Popenaias) metallicus var. ganinusHaas (1929)
Nephronaias (Popenaias) metallicaHaas (1969)
Popenaias ganinaInoue et al. (2020), Czaja et al. (2023)
Popenaias semirasaCummings et al. (2025)

Elliptio (Popenaias) popei var. regalis Haas, 1929

‘Pilsbry’ Haas, 1929. Senckenbergiana 11: 330. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio popeii Lea, 1857)

Elliptio (Popenaias) popeiHaas (1929)
Popenaias ganinaInoue et al. (2020)
Popenaias semirasaCummings et al. (2025)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Lampsilis semirasaPilsbry (1910), Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis metallica ganinaPilsbry (1910)
Lampsilis (Proptera) metallicus var. ganinusSimpson (1914)
Elliptio (Popenaias) metallicus-ganinusFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Friersonia) semirasaFrierson (1927)
Elliptio (Popenaias) popeiHaas (1929)
Elliptio (Popenaias) metallicus var. ganinusHaas (1929)
Friersonia iridellaHaas (1969)
Nephronaias (Popenaias) metallicaHaas (1969)
Popenaias ganinaInoue et al. (2020), Czaja et al. (2023)
Popenaias semirasaCzaja et al. (2023), Cummings et al. (2025)

 
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