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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Leaunio species Leaunio vanuxemensis (Lea, 1838): synonymy 4 specimens + 2 Genbank vouchers Unio vanuxemensis Lea, 1838
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 26. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 36, pl. 11, fig. 31. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85146, Cumberland R., Tenn.
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) vanuxemensis — Simpson (1900) Eurynia (Micromya) vanuxemensis — Ortmann (1912), Ortmann (1915), Ortmann (1918) Lampsilis (Eurynia) vanuxemensis — Simpson (1914) Micromya vanuxemensis — Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925) Lampsilis (Ligumia) vanuxemensis — Frierson (1927) Ligumia vanuxemensis — Haas (1969) Villosa vanuxemensis vanuxemensis — Burch (1975), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lydeard et al. (1999), ITIS (2012) Villosa vanuxemensis — R.I. Johnson (1980), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Graf & Ó Foighil (2000), Bogan (2002), Cicerello & Schuster (2003), ... Inoue et al. (2013), Jones (2015), Williams et al. (2017), Klymus et al. (2020), Hauck et al. (2023) Leaunio vanuxemensis — Watters (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021), Bieler (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026) | |
Unio nitens Lea, 1840
Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 288.
Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 205 [43], pl. 12, fig. 19. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85132, Long Creek, Tenn.
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) vanuxemensis — Simpson (1900) Lampsilis (Eurynia) vanuxemensis — Simpson (1914) Eurynia (Micromya) vanuxemensis — Ortmann (1918) Lampsilis (Ligumia) vanuxemensis — Frierson (1927) Ligumia vanuxemensis — Haas (1969) Villosa vanuxemensis — Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008) Leaunio vanuxemensis — Watters (2018) | |
Unio pybasii Lea, 1858
Lea, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 40. Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 67, pl. 6, fig. 216. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85138, Tuscumbia, Alabama.
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) vanuxemensis — Simpson (1900) Lampsilis (Eurynia) vanuxemensis — Simpson (1914) Eurynia (Micromya) vanuxemensis — Ortmann (1918) Micromya vanuxemensis — Ortmann (1925) Lampsilis (Ligumia) vanuxemensis — Frierson (1927) Ligumia vanuxemensis — Haas (1969) Villosa vanuxemensis — Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008) Leaunio vanuxemensis — Watters (2018) | |
Unio copei Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 144.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 307 [67], pl. 47, fig. 120. Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85137, headwaters, N Branch Holston R., E Tenn.
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) vanuxemensis — Simpson (1900) Lampsilis (Eurynia) vanuxemensis — Simpson (1914) Eurynia (Micromya) vanuxemensis — Ortmann (1918) Lampsilis (Ligumia) vanuxemensis — Frierson (1927) Ligumia vanuxemensis — Haas (1969) Villosa vanuxemensis — Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008) Leaunio vanuxemensis — Watters (2018) | |
Margaron (Unio) vanuxemii Lea, 1870 ‘Lea’ of Authors. Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 46. B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [6]. (error for Unio vanuxemensis Lea, 1838)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) vanuxemensis — Simpson (1900) Lampsilis (Eurynia) vanuxemensis — Simpson (1914) Lampsilis (Ligumia) vanuxemensis — Frierson (1927) Ligumia vanuxemensis — Haas (1969) Villosa vanuxemensis — Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008) Leaunio vanuxemensis — Watters (2018), Bieler (2021) | |
Unio vanuxemiensis Conrad, 1853 ‘Lea’ Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 259. (error for Unio vanuxemensis Lea, 1838) | |
Unio striatus Sowerby, 1868
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 78, sp. 407. (misidentified reference to Unio striatus Lea, 1840)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) proprius — Simpson (1900) Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) holstonia — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Lampsilis (Eurynia) propria — Simpson (1914) | |
Unio caliginosus Pilsbry & Rhoads, 1896 ‘Conr.’ [sic] Pilsbry & Rhoads, 1896. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 48: 501. (misidentified reference to Unio caliginosus Lea, 1845)
Eurynia (Micromya) vanuxemensis — Ortmann (1918) Villosa vanuxemensis — Parmalee & Bogan (1998) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) vanuxemensis — Simpson (1900) Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) proprius — Simpson (1900) Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) holstonia — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Eurynia (Micromya) vanuxemensis — Ortmann (1912), Ortmann (1915), Ortmann (1918) Lampsilis (Eurynia) vanuxemensis — Simpson (1914) Lampsilis (Eurynia) propria — Simpson (1914) Micromya vanuxemensis — Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925) Lampsilis (Ligumia) vanuxemensis — Frierson (1927) Ligumia vanuxemensis — Haas (1969) Villosa vanuxemensis vanuxemensis — Burch (1975), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lydeard et al. (1999), ITIS (2012) Villosa vanuxemensis — R.I. Johnson (1980), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Graf & Ó Foighil (2000), Bogan (2002), Cicerello & Schuster (2003), ... Inoue et al. (2013), Jones (2015), Williams et al. (2017), Klymus et al. (2020), Hauck et al. (2023) Leaunio vanuxemensis — Watters (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021), Bieler (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
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