Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Venustaconcha

species Venustaconcha constricta (Conrad, 1838): synonymy

5 specimens

Synonymy

Unio lienosus variety constrictus Conrad, 1838

Conrad, 1838. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(10): 91, pl. 49, fig. 4.
Conrad, 1838. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(11): back cover correginda [as ‘Unio constrictus’].
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 247 [as ‘Unio constrictus’].
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio lienosus Conrad, 1834)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_56465A, North River, Rockbridge Co., Va.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) constrictus — Simpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) constricta — Simpson (1914)
Eurynia (Micromya) constricta — Ortmann (1915)
Lampsilis (Venusta) constricta — Frierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Venustaconcha) constricta — Haas (1969)
Villosa constricta — R.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), ... Haag (2012), IUCN (2012), Jones (2015), Williams et al. (2017), Hopper et al. (2023)
Venustaconcha constricta — Watters (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), FMCS (2025)

Unio genthii Lea, 1857

Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 85.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 57 [61], pl. 2, fig. 204.
Type(s): SYNTYPES USNM_84833, Deep R., N.C.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) constrictus — Simpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) constricta — Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Venusta) constricta — Frierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Venustaconcha) constricta — Haas (1969)
Villosa constricta — R.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975)
Venustaconcha constricta — Watters (2018)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) constrictus — Simpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) constricta — Simpson (1914)
Eurynia (Micromya) constricta — Ortmann (1915)
Lampsilis (Venusta) constricta — Frierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Venustaconcha) constricta — Haas (1969)
Villosa constricta — R.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), ... Haag (2012), IUCN (2012), Jones (2015), Williams et al. (2017), Hopper et al. (2023)
Venustaconcha constricta — Watters (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), FMCS (2025)