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

nominal species Unio excavatus Lea, 1857

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Unio excavatus Lea, 1857 = Lampsilis ornata

Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 32.
Lea, 1858. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 6]: 71, pl. 13, fig. 52.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84498, Othcaloosa, Georgia.

= Lampsilis ornata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Lampsilis ornata (Conrad, 1835) — IUCN, 2012

= Lampsilis excavatus Lea — ITIS, 2012

+ Lampsilis ornata (Conrad, 1835) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Lampsilis ornata (Conrad, 1835) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Lampsilis ornata (Conrad, 1835) — Vidrine, 1993

= Lampsilis excavata (Lea, 1857) — R.I. Johnson, 1980

= Lampsilis excavatus (Lea, 1857) — Burch, 1975

+ Lampsilis (s.s.) ornata (Conrad, 1835) — Haas, 1969

= Lampsilis excavatus (Lea, 1857) — Clench & Turner, 1956

+ Lampsilis (s.s.) ornatus (Conrad, 1835) — Frierson, 1927

= Lampsilis (s.s.) excavata (Lea, 1857) — Simpson, 1914

= Lampsilis excavata (Lea, 1857) — Ortmann, 1912

= Lampsilis (s.s.) excavatus Lea — Simpson, 1900

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

= Unio excavatus Lea — Lea, 1874

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

= Unio excavatus Lea, 1857 — Sowerby, 1868

+ Unio dolabraeformis Lea, 1838 — Sowerby, 1867

 
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