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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Disconaias fimbriata

nominal species Lampsilis (Disconaias) pilsbryana Frierson, 1927

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Lampsilis (Disconaias) pilsbryana Frierson, 1927 = Disconaias fimbriata

‘Say’ Frierson, 1912. Nautilus 26(2): pl. 3, fig. 4 [as ‘Lampsilis purpuriatus’].
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 83, sp. 368.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] UMMZ_91175 (by R.I. Johnson, 1972: 147), Valles River, Mecos, Mexico.

= Disconaias fimbriata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Disconaias fimbriata (Frierson, 1907) — Cummings et al., 2025

+ Lampsilis (Disconaias) purpuriata (Say, 1831) — Haas, 1969

+ Lampsilis (Disconaias) purpuriata (Say) — Haas, 1929

= Lampsilis (Disconaias) pilsbryana Frierson, 1927 — Frierson, 1927

 
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