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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Villosa

species Villosa villosa (B.H. Wright, 1898): synonymy

1 specimen + 3 Genbank vouchers

Synonymy

Unio villosus B.H. Wright, 1898

B.H. Wright, 1898. Nautilus 12(3): 32.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) USNM_150503, Suwanee Riv., Luraville, Fla.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) villosus — Simpson (1900)
Lampsilis villosus — Simpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) villosa — Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Villosa) villosa — Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Lampsilis (sec. Villosa) villosa — Thiele (1934)
Villosa villosa — Clench & Turner (1956), R.I. Johnson (1970), R.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975), Turgeon et al. (1988), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), Patterson et al. (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) villosus — Simpson (1900)
Lampsilis villosus — Simpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) villosa — Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Villosa) villosa — Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Lampsilis (sec. Villosa) villosa — Thiele (1934)
Villosa villosa — Clench & Turner (1956), R.I. Johnson (1970), R.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975), Turgeon et al. (1988), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), Patterson et al. (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)