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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Lampsilis

species Lampsilis hydiana (Lea, 1838): synonymy
     2 specimens + 9 Genbank vouchers

Unio hydianus Lea, 1838
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 25. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 14, pl. 6, fig. 14.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85010, Bayou Teche, Louisiana.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) hydianusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis hydianaOrtmann (1912), Burch (1975), Gordon et al. (1979), R.I. Johnson (1980), Davis & Fuller (1981), ... FMCS (2021), Stodola et al. (2021), Walters et al. (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) hydianaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) fasciata-hydianaFrierson (1927)
Ligumia siliquoidea stramineaHaas (1969)
Lampsilis siliquoideaHaag (2012)

Unio approximus Lea, 1845
Lea, 1845. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 4: 164.
Lea, 1848. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 4]: 74 [48], pl. 5, fig. 13.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85017, Red R., Alexandria, Louisiana.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) approximusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) approximaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) fasciata-hydianaFrierson (1927)
Ligumia siliquoidea stramineaHaas (1969)
Lampsilis hydianaVidrine (1993), Howells et al. (1996), IUCN (2012)

Unio hydianus Küster, 1861
‘Lea’ Küster, 1861. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 201, pl. 67, fig. 1. [in part]
(reference to Unio hydianus Lea, 1838)

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) hydianusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) hydianaSimpson (1914)

Unio hydeanus Sowerby, 1866
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 37, sp. 203.
(error for Unio hydianus Lea, 1838)

Unio hydeianus Lea, 1874
Lea, 1874. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 68 [anatomy].
(error for Unio hydianus Lea, 1838)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) hydianusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) approximusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis hydianaOrtmann (1912), Burch (1975), Gordon et al. (1979), R.I. Johnson (1980), Davis & Fuller (1981), ... FMCS (2021), Stodola et al. (2021), Walters et al. (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) hydianaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) approximaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) fasciata-hydianaFrierson (1927)
Ligumia siliquoidea stramineaHaas (1969)
Lampsilis siliquoideaHaag (2012)

 
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