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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Cyrtonaias berlandierii

nominal species Unio heermannii Lea, 1861

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Unio heermannii Lea, 1861 = Cyrtonaias berlandierii

Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 392.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 194 [16], pl. 26, fig. 263.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] USNM_83932 (by Johnson & Baker, 1973: 157), Medina R., Texas.

= Cyrtonaias berlandierii

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Cyrtonaias berlandierii (Lea, 1857) — Cummings et al., 2025

+ Cyrtonaias tampicoensis (Lea, 1838) — R.I. Johnson, 1999

+ Cyrtonaias tampicoensis (Lea, 1838) — R.I. Johnson, 1998

+ Cyrtonaias tampicoensis (Lea, 1838) — Howells et al., 1996

= Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) tampicoensis heermannii (Lea, 1862) — Haas, 1969

= Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) tampicoensis-heermanni (Lea, 1862) — Frierson, 1927

+ Lampsilis (Proptera) tampicoensis (Lea, 1838) — Simpson, 1914

+ Lampsilis (Proptera) tampecoensis [sic] (Lea, 1838) — Simpson, 1900

= Unio heermanii [sic] Lea — Singley, 1893

= Unio heermanii [sic] Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888

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

= Unio heermanni Lea, 1862 — Sowerby, 1868

 
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