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Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Lampsilis
species Lampsilis binominata Simpson, 1900: synonymy
Synonymy
Unio lineatus Lea, 1840
(renamed Lampsilis (s.s.) binominatus Simpson, 1900; homonym of Unio lineata Bory de St. Vincent, 1827)
Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 287.
Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 206 [44], pl. 12, fig. 20.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_84884, Chattahoochee River, Columbus, [Muscogee County,] Georgia, [Chattahoochee River drainage].
Lampsilis (s.s.) binominatus — Simpson (1900)
Lampsilis (s.s.) binominata — Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis (s.s.) ornatus — Frierson (1927)
Lampsilis excavatus — Clench & Turner (1956)
Lampsilis binominatus — R.I. Johnson (1967), Burch (1975)
Lampsilis (s.s.) ornata — Haas (1969)
Lampsilis binominata — Brim Box & Williams (2000), Williams et al. (2008)
Lampsilis (s.s.) binominatus Simpson, 1900
(new name for Unio lineatus Lea, 1840)
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 528.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 42.
Lampsilis (s.s.) binominatus — Simpson (1900)
Lampsilis (s.s.) binominata — Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis (s.s.) ornatus — Frierson (1927)
Lampsilis excavatus — Clench & Turner (1956)
Lampsilis binominatus — R.I. Johnson (1967), Burch (1975)
Lampsilis (s.s.) ornata — Haas (1969)
Lampsilis binominata — Turgeon 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.) binominatus — Simpson (1900)
Lampsilis (s.s.) binominata — Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis (s.s.) ornatus — Frierson (1927)
Lampsilis excavatus — Clench & Turner (1956)
Lampsilis binominatus — R.I. Johnson (1967), Burch (1975)
Lampsilis (s.s.) ornata — Haas (1969)
Lampsilis binominata — Turgeon 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)
