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

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species Mesonaias tampicoensis (Lea, 1838): synonymy
     76 specimens

Unio tampicoensis Lea, 1838
Lea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 24, pl. 7, fig. 18.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] USNM_84843 (by Johnson & Baker, 1973: 172), Tampico, Mexico.

Lampsilis (Proptera) tampecoensis [sic]Simpson (1900)
Unio (Lampsilis) tampicoensisMartens (1900)
Lampsilis tampicoensisPilsbry (1910)
Lampsilis (Proptera) tampicoensisSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) tampicoensisFrierson (1927), Haas (1929)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) tampicoensis tampicoensisHaas (1969)
Cyrtonaias tampicoensisBurch (1975), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Howells et al. (1996), Turgeon et al. (1998), ... Czaja et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Freeman et al. (2025), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Cyrtonaias tampicoensis tampicoensisITIS (2012)
Mesonaias tampicoensisCummings et al. (2025)

Unio tecomatensis Lea, 1841
Lea, 1841. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 2: 30.
Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 234 [72], pl. 21, fig. 48.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] USNM_85338 (by Johnson & Baker, 1973: 172), Tecomate River, near Tlacotalpan, [Vera Cruz State], Mexico.

Lampsilis (Proptera) tecomatensisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (Lampsilis) tampicoensis var. tecomatensisMartens (1900)
Unio tecomensis [sic], sp, aff.de Gregorio (1914)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) tampicoensis-tecomatensisFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) tampicoensis tecomatensisHaas (1969)
Cyrtonaias tampicoensisR.I. Johnson (1999)
Cyrtonaias tecomatensisContreras-Arquieta (2000)
Mesonaias tampicoensisCummings et al. (2025)

Actinonaias (Disconaias) walkeri H.B. Baker, 1922
H.B. Baker, 1922. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (106): 20, pl. 1, fig.s 1-2; pl. 9, fig. 49; pl. 10, figs. 48-50; pl. 11, figs. 48-49.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) UMMZ_31844, Rio San Juan, Mexico.

Lampsilis (Disconaias) fimbriataFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Actinonaias walkeriR.I. Johnson (1998), Contreras-Arquieta (2000)
Mesonaias tampicoensisCummings et al. (2025)

Lampsilis rovirosai sanjuanensis H.B. Baker, 1922
H.B. Baker, 1922. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (106): 27, pl. 8, fig. 39-42.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio (Lampsilis) rovirosai Pilsbry, 1900)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) UMMZ_34890, Rio San Juan, nr Haciendo de Cuatotolapam, Mexico.

Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) umbrosaFrierson (1927)
Haas (1969)
Mesonaias tampicoensisCummings et al. (2025)

Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) tampicoensis kusteriana Frierson, 1927
‘Lea’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 275, pl. 93, fig. 1 [as ‘Unio tampicoënsis’].
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 85, sp. 383d.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio tampicoensis Lea, 1838)
Type(s): TYPE LOST XXX_UNKNOWN, [locality unknown].

Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) tampicoensis-kusterianaFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) tampicoensis kusterianaHaas (1969)
Cyrtonaias tampicoensisR.I. Johnson (1999)
Mesonaias tampicoensisCummings et al. (2025)

Cyrtonaias grandensis Metcalf, 1982
Metcalf, 1982. Symp. Rec. Tex.: ??.

Cyrtonaias tampicoensisHowells et al. (1996)

Unio tampicoensis Küster, 1862
‘Lea’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 275, pl. 93, fig. 1 [as ‘tampicoënsis’].
(reference to Unio tampicoensis Lea, 1838)

Unio (Lampsilis) tampicoensis var. tecomatensisMartens (1900)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) tampicoensis-kusterianaFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) tampicoensis kusterianaHaas (1969)

Lampsilis tampecoensis Simpson, 1900
‘Lea’ Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 570.
(error for Unio tampicoensis Lea, 1838)

Unio tecomensis de Gregorio, 1914
‘Lea’ de Gregorio, 1914. Il Nat. Siciliano 2: 56.
(error for Unio tecomatensis Lea, 1841)

Actinonaias ligamentina ligamentinaWatters et al. (2009)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Lampsilis (Proptera) tampecoensis [sic]Simpson (1900)
Unio (Lampsilis) tampicoensisMartens (1900)
Lampsilis (Proptera) tecomatensisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (Lampsilis) tampicoensis var. tecomatensisMartens (1900)
Lampsilis tampicoensisPilsbry (1910)
Lampsilis (Proptera) tampicoensisSimpson (1914)
Unio tecomensis [sic], sp, aff.de Gregorio (1914)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) tampicoensisFrierson (1927), Haas (1929)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) tampicoensis-tecomatensisFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) tampicoensis-kusterianaFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Disconaias) fimbriataFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) umbrosaFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) tampicoensis tampicoensisHaas (1969)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) tampicoensis tecomatensisHaas (1969)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) tampicoensis kusterianaHaas (1969)
Haas (1969)
Cyrtonaias tampicoensisBurch (1975), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Howells et al. (1996), Turgeon et al. (1998), ... Czaja et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Freeman et al. (2025), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Actinonaias walkeriR.I. Johnson (1998), Contreras-Arquieta (2000)
Cyrtonaias tecomatensisContreras-Arquieta (2000)
Actinonaias ligamentina ligamentinaWatters et al. (2009)
Cyrtonaias tampicoensis tampicoensisITIS (2012)
Mesonaias tampicoensisCummings et al. (2025)

 
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