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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Cyrtonaias

species Cyrtonaias tampicoensis (Lea, 1838): synonymy
     168 specimens + 16 Genbank vouchers

Unio tampicoensis Lea, 1838
Lea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 24, pl. 7, fig. 18.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_84843 (by R.I. Johnson, 1974: 143), 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), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Czaja et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Freeman et al. (2025)
Cyrtonaias tampicoensis tampicoensisITIS (2012)

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 USNM_85338, 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)

Unio berlandierii Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 101.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 369 [51], pl. 65, fig. 194.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_84427, Matamoras, Mexico.

Lampsilis (Proptera) berlandieriiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (Lampsilis) berlandieriMartens (1900)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) tampicoensis-berlandieriFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) tampicoensis berlandieriiHaas (1929), Haas (1969)
Lampsilis (sec. Cyrtonaias) berlandieriiThiele (1934)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) berlandieriHaas (1969)
Cyrtonaias tampicoensisBurch (1975), Howells et al. (1996), R.I. Johnson (1998), R.I. Johnson (1999), Graf & Cummings (2007), Pfeiffer et al. (2019), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Unio saladoensis Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 305.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 370, [52] pl. 65, fig. 195.
Type(s): TYPE LOCALITY TYPE_LOCALITY_MP_007, Rio Salado, New Leon, Mexico.

Lampsilis (Proptera) saladoensisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Martens (1900)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) saladoensisFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Cyrtonaias tampicoensisR.I. Johnson (1998), R.I. Johnson (1999), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Cyrtonaias saladoensisGraf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010)

Unio heermannii Lea, 1861
Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 392.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 194 [16], pl. 26, fig. 263.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_83932, Medina R., Texas.

Lampsilis (Proptera) tampecoensis [sic]Simpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Proptera) tampicoensisSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) tampicoensis-heermanniFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) tampicoensis heermanniiHaas (1969)
Cyrtonaias tampicoensisHowells et al. (1996), R.I. Johnson (1998), R.I. Johnson (1999)

Unio heermanii B.H. Wright, 1888
‘Lea’ of Authors.
B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [3].
Singley, 1893. Geol. Surv. Texas (1892): 322.
R.I. Johnson, 1998. Occ. Pap. Moll. 5(76): 448.
R.I. Johnson, 1999. Occ. Pap. Moll. 6(77): 27.
(error for Unio heermannii Lea, 1861)

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)

Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) tampicoensis-kusterianaFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) tampicoensis kusterianaHaas (1969)
Cyrtonaias tampicoensisR.I. Johnson (1999)

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 (Proptera) berlandieriiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (Lampsilis) berlandieriMartens (1900)
Lampsilis (Proptera) saladoensisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Martens (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-berlandieriFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) saladoensisFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) tampicoensis-heermanniFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) tampicoensis-kusterianaFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) tampicoensis berlandieriiHaas (1929), Haas (1969)
Lampsilis (sec. Cyrtonaias) berlandieriiThiele (1934)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) tampicoensis tampicoensisHaas (1969)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) tampicoensis tecomatensisHaas (1969)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) berlandieriHaas (1969)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) tampicoensis heermanniiHaas (1969)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) tampicoensis kusterianaHaas (1969)
Cyrtonaias tampicoensisBurch (1975), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Howells et al. (1996), Turgeon et al. (1998), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Czaja et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Freeman et al. (2025)
Cyrtonaias tecomatensisContreras-Arquieta (2000)
Cyrtonaias saladoensisGraf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010)
Actinonaias ligamentina ligamentinaWatters et al. (2009)
Cyrtonaias tampicoensis tampicoensisITIS (2012)

 
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