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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Lampsilis cariosa
nominal species Unio cariosus Say, 1817
Unio cariosus Say, 1817 = Lampsilis cariosa
Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 152. fig. 7. [pre-linnaean]
Say, 1817. Nich. Encyc. 2: [12,] pl. 3, fig. 2.
Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [17,] pl. 3, fig. 2.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 51.
Type(s): NEOTYPE MCZ_178839 (by R.I. Johnson, 1947: 148), Schuylkill River, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Taxonomic Opinions
= Lampsilis cariosa (Say, 1817) — Campbell & Lydeard, 2026: 288.
= Lampsilis cariosa (Say, 1817) — FMCS, 2025: [3].
= Lampsilis cariosa — Wu et al., 2024: 7, Table 2.
= Lampsilis cariosa (Say, 1817) — Hopper et al., 2023.
= Lampsilis cariosa — Wu et al., 2023: Table 2.
= Lampsilis cariosa (Say, 1817) — Graf & Cummings, 2021: 16.
= Lampsilis cariosa (Say, 1817) — FMCS, 2021: [4].
= Lampsilis cariosa — Inoue et al., 2020: Table S2.
= Lampsilis cariosa — Menon et al., 2019: 271.
= Lampsilis cariosa (Say, 1817) — IUCN, 2017: [web].
= Lampsilis cariosa (Say, 1817) — Williams et al., 2017: 39.
= Lampsilis cariosa — Chong et al., 2016: Table S2.
= Lampsilis cariosa — Jones, 2015: 318.
= Lampsilis cariosa (Say, 1817) — ITIS, 2012: [web].
= Lampsilis cariosa — Haag, 2012: 74.
= Lampsilis cariosa Say, 1817 — Bogan, 2010: [18].
= Lampsilis cariosa — Cummings & Graf, 2010: 375.
= Lampsilis cariosa (Say, 1817) — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 305.
= Lampsilis cariosa (Say, 1817) — Kneeland & Rhymer, 2007: 279.
= Lampsilis cariosa — Eackles & King, 2002: 561.
= Lampsilis cariosa (Say, 1817) — Bogan, 2002: 11.
= Lampsilis cariosa (Say, 1817) — Turgeon et al., 1998: 34.
= Lampsilis cariosa (Say) — Strayer & Jirka, 1997: 56, pl. 3, figs. 1-2, 5-6; fig. 12I.
= Lampsilis cariosa (Say) — Williams et al., 1993: 12.
= Lampsilis cariosa (Say, 1817) — Turgeon et al., 1988: 30.
= Lampsilis cariosa — Kat & Davis, 1984: 181.
= Lampsilis cariosa (Say, 1817) — R.I. Johnson, 1980: 99, List 3, sp. L; Table 3.
= Lampsilis cariosa (Say, 1816) — Burch, 1975: 19.
= Lampsilis (s.s.) cariosa (Say, 1817) — R.I. Johnson, 1970: 382, pl. 19, figs. 3-5.
= Lampsilis (s.s.) cariosa (Say, 1816) — Haas, 1969: 454.
= Unio cariosus — Henderson, 1935: 94.
= Lampsilis cariosa (Say) — F.C. Baker, 1928: 301.
= Lampsilis (s.s.) cariosa (Say, 1817) — Frierson, 1927: 68, sp. 298.
= Lampsilis (s.s.) cariosa (Say, 1817) — Simpson, 1914: 43.
+ — de Gregorio, 1914: 39.
= Lampsilis cariosa (Say, 1817) — Ortmann, 1912: 352.
= Lampsilis cariosa (Say) — Ortmann, 1910: 120.
= Lampsilis cariosa Say — Ortmann, 1909: 92.
= Lampsilis cariosa (Say) — Ortmann, 1909: 204.
= Lampsilis (s.s.) cariosus Say — Simpson, 1900: 528.
= Unio cariosus Say — B.H. Wright, 1888: [2].
= Margaron (Unio) cariosus (Say) — Lea, 1870: 42.
= Unio cariosus Say, 1817 — Sowerby, 1867: pl. 58, sp. 294.
= Unio cariosus Say — Lapham, 1860: 156.
= Unio (Hyridella) cariosus Say — Adams & Adams, 1857: 493.
= Unio cariosus Say — Conrad, 1853: 246.
= Unio (Lampsilis) cariosus Say — Mørch, 1853: 45.
= Lampsilis cariosus — Agassiz, 1852: 44.
= Margaron (Unio) cariosus (Say) — Lea, 1852: 27.
= Lampsilis cariosa (Say) — Stimpson, 1851: 14.
= Unio cariosus Say — Küster, 1848: 24, pl. 1, figs. 2-3.
= Unio cariosus Say — Linsley, 1845: 277.
= Unio cariosus Say — Hanley, 1843: 190, pl. 20, fig. 22.
= Unio cariosus Say — De Kay, 1843: 193, pl. 21, figs. 243-244.
= Aeglia cariosus (Say, 1817) — Swainson, 1840: 276, 279.
= Mysca cariosa (Lam., Say) — Schlüter, 1838: 33.
= Unio cariosus — Lea, 1838: pl. 15, fig. 45.
= Margarita (Unio) cariosus Say. Bar. — Lea, 1838: 18.
= Unio cariosus Say, 1817 — Conrad, 1836: 40, pl. 19.
= Margarita (Unio) cariosus (Say, 1817) — Lea, 1836: 23.
= Unio cariosus Say — Ferussac, 1835: 26, 32.
= Unio cariosus — Jay, 1835: 15.
= Unio cariosus Say, 1817 — Ravenel, 1834: 5.
= Unio cariosus Say — Lea, 1834: 92.
= Unio cariosus Say, 1817 — Menke, 1830: 108.
= Unio cariosus Say — Lea, 1829: 417.
= Unio cariosus Say, 1817 — Wood, 1828: 57, pl. 1, sp. 6.
+ Unio ventricosus — Barnes, 1823: 267.
= Unio cariosus — Barnes, 1823: 271.
= Metaptera cariosus Say — Rafinesque, 1820: 300.
= Unio cariosa — Lamarck, 1819: 80.
= Unio cariosus Say, 1817 — Say, 1819: sp. 5, pl. 3, fig. 2.
= Unio cariosus Say, 1817 — Say, 1817: sp. 4, pl. 3, fig. 2.
