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

species Venustaconcha trabalis (Conrad, 1834): synonymy

2 specimens

Synonymy

image of type lot

Unio trabalis Conrad, 1834

Conrad, 1834. New Fresh-Water Shells: 27, pl. 3, fig. 5.
Conrad, 1840. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(12): 110, pl. 60, fig. 2.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 259.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_56481, Flint River, Ala.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) trabalis — Simpson (1900)
Eurynia (Micromya) trabalis — Ortmann (1912), Ortmann (1918)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) trabalis — Simpson (1914)
Micromya trabalis — Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925)
Lampsilis (Venusta) trabalis — Frierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Venustaconcha) trabalis — Haas (1969)
Villosa trabalis — Stansbery (1970), Burch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), ... ITIS (2012), Haag (2012), Jones (2015), Lane et al. (2016), Klymus et al. (2020)
Venustaconcha trabalis — Williams et al. (2017), Watters (2018), Lane et al. (2019), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

image of type lot

Unio perpurpureus Lea, 1861

Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 41.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 46 [50], pl. 16, fig. 44.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85246, Tenn.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) perpurpureus — Simpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) perpurpurea — Simpson (1914)
Eurynia (Micromya) perpurpurea — Ortmann (1915), Ortmann (1918)
Micromya perpurpurea — Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925)
Lampsilis (Venusta) trabalis — Frierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Venustaconcha) trabalis — Haas (1969)
Villosa trabalis — Stansbery (1970), Burch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980)
Villosa perpurpurea — Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Turgeon et al. (1998), IUCN (2000), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), ITIS (2012), Haag (2012), Lane et al. (2016), Klymus et al. (2020)
Venustaconcha trabalis — Williams et al. (2017), Watters (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Unio glans Conrad, 1836

‘Lea’ Conrad, 1836. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(2): 21, pl. 9, fig. 2.
(misidentified reference to Unio glans Lea, 1831)

Lampsilis (Carunculina) glans — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Venusta) trabalis — Frierson (1927)

Unio maestus Küster, 1861

specimen image from publication‘Lea’ Küster, 1861. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 226, pl. 76, fig. 5.
(misidentified reference to Unio moestus Lea, 1841; error for Unio moestus Lea, 1841)

Lampsilis (Carunculina) mœstus — Simpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Venusta) trabalis — Frierson (1927)

Unio vanuxemensis Sowerby, 1866

specimen image from publication‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 39, sp. 216.
(misidentified reference to Unio vanuxemensis Lea, 1838)

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) trabalis — Simpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) trabalis — Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Venusta) trabalis — Frierson (1927)
Villosa trabalis — Parmalee & Bogan (1998)

Unio troostensis Sowerby, 1868

specimen image from publication‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 79, sp. 415.
(misidentified reference to Unio troostensis Lea, 1834)

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) perpurpureus — Simpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) perpurpurea — Simpson (1914)
Villosa perpurpurea — Parmalee & Bogan (1998)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) trabalis — Simpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Carunculina) glans — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Carunculina) mœstus — Simpson (1900)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) perpurpureus — Simpson (1900)
Eurynia (Micromya) trabalis — Ortmann (1912), Ortmann (1918)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) trabalis — Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) perpurpurea — Simpson (1914)
Eurynia (Micromya) perpurpurea — Ortmann (1915), Ortmann (1918)
Micromya trabalis — Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925)
Micromya perpurpurea — Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925)
Lampsilis (Venusta) trabalis — Frierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Venustaconcha) trabalis — Haas (1969)
Villosa trabalis — Stansbery (1970), Burch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), ... ITIS (2012), Haag (2012), Jones (2015), Lane et al. (2016), Klymus et al. (2020)
Villosa perpurpurea — Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Turgeon et al. (1998), IUCN (2000), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), ITIS (2012), Haag (2012), Lane et al. (2016), Klymus et al. (2020)
Venustaconcha trabalis — Williams et al. (2017), Watters (2018), Lane et al. (2019), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)