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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Cambarunio

species Cambarunio simus (Lea, 1838): synonymy
     3 specimens + 1 Genbank voucher

Unio cumberlandicus Lea, 1838
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 27 [as ‘cumberlandianus’]. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 25, pl. 7, fig. 19.
(renamed Margaron (Unio) cumberlandianus Lea, 1852)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85254, Tenn.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) nebulosusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) nebulosaSimpson (1914)
Eurynia nebulosusOrtmann (1918)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) nebulosaFrierson (1927)
Ligumia nebulosaHaas (1969)
Villosa irisParmalee & Bogan (1998)
Cambarunio simusWatters (2018)

Unio notatus Lea, 1838
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 26. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 28, pl. 8, fig. 22.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_85075, Cumberland R., Tenn.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) nebulosusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) nebulosaSimpson (1914)
Eurynia nebulosusOrtmann (1918)
Micromya nebulosaOrtmann (1924)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) nebulosaFrierson (1927)
Ligumia nebulosaHaas (1969)
Villosa nebulosaBurch (1975)
Villosa irisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Cambarunio simusWatters (2018)

Unio simus Lea, 1838
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 29. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 26, pl. 8, fig. 20.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85342, Cumberland R., Tenn.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) simusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) simaSimpson (1914)
Eurynia nebulosusOrtmann (1918)
Micromya nebulosaOrtmann (1924)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) nebulosaFrierson (1927)
Ligumia nebulosaHaas (1969)
Villosa nebulosaBurch (1975)
Villosa irisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Villosa simaWilliams et al. (2017)
Cambarunio simusWatters (2018), Burlakova et al. (2019), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)

Margaron (Unio) cumberlandianus Lea, 1852
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 27 [as ‘Margarita (Unio) cumberlandianus’]. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 20 [as ‘Margarita (Unio) cumberlandianus’]. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 30.
(new name for Unio cumberlandicus Lea, 1838)

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) nebulosusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) nebulosaSimpson (1914)
Eurynia nebulosusOrtmann (1918)
Micromya nebulosaOrtmann (1924)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) nebulosaFrierson (1927)
Ligumia nebulosaHaas (1969)
Villosa nebulosaBurch (1975)
Villosa irisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)

Villosa iris Campbell et al., 2005
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Campbell et al., 2005. Invert. Biol. 124(2): 155. [in part]
Zanatta & Murphy, 2006. MPE 41(1): 198. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Unio iris Lea, 1829)

Cambarunio simusBurlakova et al. (2019)

Unio notatus Conrad, 1853
‘Lea’ Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 253.
(reference to Unio notatus Lea, 1838)

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) simusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) simaSimpson (1914)

Unio proximus Küster, 1861
‘Lea’ Küster, 1861. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 248, pl. 83, fig. 4.
(misidentified reference to Unio proximus Lea, 1852)

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) simusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) simaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) nebulosaFrierson (1927)
Villosa irisParmalee & Bogan (1998)

Unio spatulatus Sowerby, 1868
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 65, sp. 328.
(misidentified reference to Unio spatulatus Lea, 1845)

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) simusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) simaSimpson (1914)
Villosa irisParmalee & Bogan (1998)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) nebulosusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) simusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) nebulosaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) simaSimpson (1914)
Eurynia nebulosusOrtmann (1918)
Micromya nebulosaOrtmann (1924)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) nebulosaFrierson (1927)
Ligumia nebulosaHaas (1969)
Villosa nebulosaBurch (1975)
Villosa irisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Villosa simaWilliams et al. (2017)
Cambarunio simusWatters (2018), Burlakova et al. (2019), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)

 
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