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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Lampsilis cariosa

nominal species Lampsilis pallida Rafinesque, 1820

Lampsilis pallida Rafinesque, 1820 = Lampsilis cariosa

Rafinesque, 1819. Jour. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. 88: 426 [as ‘U. (Proptera) pallida’]. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 299, footnote.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 29, 44.

= Lampsilis cariosa

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Lampsilis cariosa (Say) — Strayer & Jirka, 1997

+ Lampsilis cariosa (Say, 1816) — Burch, 1975

+ Lampsilis (s.s.) cariosa (Say, 1817) — R.I. Johnson, 1970

+ Lampsilis (s.s.) cariosa (Say, 1816) — Haas, 1969

+ Lampsilis (s.s.) cariosa (Say, 1817) — Frierson, 1927

+ Vanatta, 1915

+ Simpson, 1914

+ Lea, 1870

+ Unio ochraceus Say — Conrad, 1853

+ Lea, 1852

+ Lea, 1836

= Unio pallidus Raf. — Ferussac, 1835

= Lampsilis pallidaRafinesque, 1820

= Unio (Proptera) pallida (Rafinesque, 1820) — Rafinesque, 1819

 
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