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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Cyprogenia

species Cyprogenia aberti (Conrad, 1850): synonymy

3 specimens + 25 Genbank vouchers

Synonymy

Unio aberti Conrad, 1850

Conrad, 1850. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5: 10.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 244.
Conrad, 1854. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 2(4): 295, pl. 26, fig. 1.

Cyprogenia abertiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Utterback (1916), Ortmann (1925), Frierson (1927), ... Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)

image of type lot

Unio lamarckianus Lea, 1852

specimen image from publicationLea, 1852. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 5]: 266 [22], pl. 17, fig. 20.
Lea, 1852. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5: 251. [nomen nudum]
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84306, White R., Arkansas.

Cyprogenia abertiSimpson (1900), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1980), Oesch (1984)
Cyprogenia aberti var. lamarckianaSimpson (1914)
Cyprogenia aberti lamarckianaUtterback (1916)

image of type lot

Unio popenoi Call, 1885

Call, 1885. Bull. Washburn Lab. Nat. Hist. 1(2): 48, pl. 2, figs. 1-4.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE MCZ_4934, Fall River, Wilson Co., Kansas.

Cyprogenia abertiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Frierson (1927), Murray & Leonard (1962), Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1980), Oesch (1984)

Unio irroratus Call, 1895

‘Lea’ Call, 1895. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 7: 20.
(misidentified reference to Unio irroratus Lea, 1828)

Cyprogenia abertiR.I. Johnson (1980)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Cyprogenia abertiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Utterback (1916), Ortmann (1925), Frierson (1927), ... Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)
Cyprogenia aberti var. lamarckianaSimpson (1914)
Cyprogenia aberti lamarckianaUtterback (1916)

 
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