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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Gonideinae | Rectidentini | Contradentina | Lens
species Lens lugens (Drouët & Chaper, 1892): synonymy
Synonymy
Unio fulvaster Drouët & Chaper, 1892
Drouët & Chaper, 1892. Mém. Soc. Zool. France 5: 154, pl. 6, figs. 11-13.
Drouët, 1893. J. de Conch. 41: 45.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_IM-2000-1701, Borneo.
Nodularia (s.s.) fulvaster — Simpson (1900)
Hyriopsis (s.s.) fulvaster — Simpson (1914)
Contradens fulvaster — Haas (1914), Haas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2007), Zieritz et al. (2018), Konopleva et al. (2019), Konopleva et al. (2019), Zieritz et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Uniandra fulvaster — Bogan (2010), Sahidin et al. (2021)
Lens lugens — Pfeiffer et al. (2021)
Unio lugens Drouët & Chaper, 1892
Drouët & Chaper, 1892. Mém. Soc. Zool. France 5: 147, pl. 5, figs. 1-3.
Drouët, 1893. J. de Conch. 41: 44.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_IM_2000-1739, Borneo.
Nodularia (s.s.) lugens — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Contradens dimotus lugens — Haas (1913)
Contradens ascia lugens — Haas (1924)
Contradens ascia — Haas (1969)
Lens lugens — Pfeiffer et al. (2021), Sahidin et al. (2021), Zieritz et al. (2024)
Unio saccellus Drouët & Chaper, 1892
Drouët & Chaper, 1892. Mém. Soc. Zool. France 5: 148, pl. 5, figs. 4-6.
Drouët, 1893. J. de Conch. 41: 43.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_IM_2000-1774, Borneo.
Nodularia (s.s.) sacellus [sic] — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Contradens dimotus saccellus — Haas (1913)
Contradens ascia sacellus [sic] — Haas (1924)
Contradens ascia — Haas (1969)
Lens lugens — Pfeiffer et al. (2021)
Unio sacellus ‘Drouet & Chaper’ of Authors
‘Drouet & Chaper’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 818.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1011.
Haas, 1924. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 38: 198.
(error for Unio saccellus Drouët & Chaper, 1892)
Contradens dimotus saccellus — Haas (1913)
Taxonomic History (since 1900)
Nodularia (s.s.) sacellus [sic] — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Nodularia (s.s.) lugens — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Nodularia (s.s.) fulvaster — Simpson (1900)
Contradens dimotus saccellus — Haas (1913)
Contradens dimotus lugens — Haas (1913)
Hyriopsis (s.s.) fulvaster — Simpson (1914)
Contradens fulvaster — Haas (1914), Haas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2007), Zieritz et al. (2018), Konopleva et al. (2019), Konopleva et al. (2019), Zieritz et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Contradens ascia sacellus [sic] — Haas (1924)
Contradens ascia lugens — Haas (1924)
Contradens ascia — Haas (1969)
Uniandra fulvaster — Bogan (2010), Sahidin et al. (2021)
Lens lugens — Pfeiffer et al. (2021), Sahidin et al. (2021), Zieritz et al. (2024)
