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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Mesonaias tampicoensis

nominal species Unio tecomatensis Lea, 1841

image of type lot

Unio tecomatensis Lea, 1841 = Mesonaias tampicoensis

Lea, 1841. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 2: 30.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 234 [72], pl. 21, fig. 48.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] USNM_85338 (by Johnson & Baker, 1973: 172), Tecomate River, near Tlacotalpan, [Vera Cruz State], Mexico.

= Mesonaias tampicoensis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Mesonaias tampicoensis (Lea, 1838) — Cummings et al., 2025

= Cyrtonaias tecomatensis Lea, 1841 — Contreras-Arquieta, 2000

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

= Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) tampicoensis tecomatensis (Lea, 1841) — Haas, 1969

= Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) tampicoensis-tecomatensis (Lea, 1841) — Frierson, 1927

= Lampsilis (Proptera) tecomatensis (Lea, 1841) — Simpson, 1914

= Unio tecomensis [sic], sp, aff. Lea — de Gregorio, 1914

= Lampsilis (Proptera) tecomatensis (Lea, 1841) — Simpson, 1900

= Unio (Lampsilis) tampicoensis var. tecomatensis Lea, 1841 — Martens, 1900

= Unio (Cyrtonaias) tecomatensis I. Lea, 1841 — Fischer & Crosse, 1894

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

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

+ Unio tampicoensis Lea, 1838 — Sowerby, 1867

= Unio (Hyridella) tecomatensis Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857

= Unio tecomatensis Lea, 1841 — Conrad, 1853

= Margaron (Unio) tecomatensis (Lea) — Lea, 1852

 
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