Home | About | Database | Mussel of the Month | Publications & Presentations

Lamprotula Simpson, 1900

Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 796.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 913.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Quadrula Rafinesque, 1820)
Type species: Chama plumbea Dillwyn, 1817 (orig. desig.) = Lamprotula plumbea

Parunio Ping, 1931

Ping, 1931. Bull. Geol. Soc. China 10: 236.
Type species: Parunio crassus Ping, 1931 (original designation) = Lamprotula crassa

Lamprotura Uwadi, 1934

Uwadi, 1934. Jour. Geol. Soc. Tokyo 41: explanation to pl. 7.
(error for Lamprotula Simpson, 1900)
Type species: Chama plumbea Dillwyn, 1817 = Lamprotula plumbea

Richthofenia Modell, 1964

Modell, 1964. Arch. Moll. 93: 110.
(homonym of Kayser, 1883 (Brachiopoda); intro'd as sub-gen. of Lamprotula Simpson, 1900; renamed Sinolamprotula Gu, 1976)
Type species: Unio leaii Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833 (orig. desig.) = Lamprotula leaii

Cuneolamprotula Gu, 1976

Gu & Huang in Gu, 1976. Lamell. Foss. China: 319.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Lamprotula Simpson, 1900)
Type species: Unio bazini Heude, 1877 = Lamprotula bazini

Sinolamprotula Gu, 1976

Gu & Huang in Gu, 1976. Lamell. Foss. China: 324.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Lamprotula Simpson, 1900; new name for Richthofenia Modell, 1964)

Richtofenia Vokes, 1980

‘Modell’ of Authors.
Vokes, 1980. Genera of the Bivalvia: 78.
Vaught, 1989. Class. Livinh Moll.: 121.
Millard, 2001. Class. Moll. (3): 1056.
(error for Richthofenia Modell, 1964)
Type species: Unio leaii Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833 = Lamprotula leaii

Iolamprotula Martinson, 1964

Martinson, 1964. Colloque du Jurrassique 1962: 160.
(error for Eolamprotula Gu [Ku], 1962)