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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Lampsilis

species Lampsilis binominata Simpson, 1900: synonymy

1 specimen

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image of type lot

Unio lineatus Lea, 1840

Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 287.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 206 [44], pl. 12, fig. 20.
(homonym of Unio lineata Bory de St. Vincent, 1827; renamed Lampsilis (s.s.) binominatus Simpson, 1900)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_84884, Chattahoochee River, Columbus, [Muscogee County,] Georgia, [Chattahoochee River drainage].

Lampsilis (s.s.) binominatusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (s.s.) binominataSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (s.s.) ornatusFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis excavatusClench & Turner (1956)
Lampsilis binominatusR.I. Johnson (1967), Burch (1975)
Lampsilis (s.s.) ornataHaas (1969)
Lampsilis binominataBrim Box & Williams (2000), Williams et al. (2008)

Lampsilis (s.s.) binominatus Simpson, 1900

Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 528.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 42.
(new name for Unio lineatus Lea, 1840)

Lampsilis (s.s.) binominatusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (s.s.) binominataSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (s.s.) ornatusFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis excavatusClench & Turner (1956)
Lampsilis binominatusR.I. Johnson (1967), Burch (1975)
Lampsilis (s.s.) ornataHaas (1969)
Lampsilis binominataTurgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lydeard et al. (1999), Brim Box & Williams (2000), ... Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Lampsilis (s.s.) binominatusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (s.s.) binominataSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (s.s.) ornatusFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis excavatusClench & Turner (1956)
Lampsilis binominatusR.I. Johnson (1967), Burch (1975)
Lampsilis (s.s.) ornataHaas (1969)
Lampsilis binominataTurgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lydeard et al. (1999), Brim Box & Williams (2000), ... Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)

 
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