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

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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) vanuxemensisSimpson (1900)
Eurynia (Micromya) vanuxemensisOrtmann (1912), Ortmann (1915), Ortmann (1918)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) vanuxemensisSimpson (1914)
Micromya vanuxemensisOrtmann (1924), Ortmann (1925)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) vanuxemensisFrierson (1927)
Ligumia vanuxemensisHaas (1969)
Villosa vanuxemensis vanuxemensisBurch (1975), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lydeard et al. (1999), ITIS (2012)
Villosa vanuxemensisR.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 vanuxemensisWatters (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) vanuxemensisSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) vanuxemensisSimpson (1914)
Eurynia (Micromya) vanuxemensisOrtmann (1918)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) vanuxemensisFrierson (1927)
Ligumia vanuxemensisHaas (1969)
Villosa vanuxemensisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Leaunio vanuxemensisWatters (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) vanuxemensisSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) vanuxemensisSimpson (1914)
Eurynia (Micromya) vanuxemensisOrtmann (1918)
Micromya vanuxemensisOrtmann (1925)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) vanuxemensisFrierson (1927)
Ligumia vanuxemensisHaas (1969)
Villosa vanuxemensisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Leaunio vanuxemensisWatters (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) vanuxemensisSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) vanuxemensisSimpson (1914)
Eurynia (Micromya) vanuxemensisOrtmann (1918)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) vanuxemensisFrierson (1927)
Ligumia vanuxemensisHaas (1969)
Villosa vanuxemensisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Leaunio vanuxemensisWatters (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) vanuxemensisSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) vanuxemensisSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) vanuxemensisFrierson (1927)
Ligumia vanuxemensisHaas (1969)
Villosa vanuxemensisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Leaunio vanuxemensisWatters (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) propriusSimpson (1900)
Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) holstoniaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) propriaSimpson (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) vanuxemensisOrtmann (1918)
Villosa vanuxemensisParmalee & Bogan (1998)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) vanuxemensisSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) propriusSimpson (1900)
Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) holstoniaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Eurynia (Micromya) vanuxemensisOrtmann (1912), Ortmann (1915), Ortmann (1918)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) vanuxemensisSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) propriaSimpson (1914)
Micromya vanuxemensisOrtmann (1924), Ortmann (1925)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) vanuxemensisFrierson (1927)
Ligumia vanuxemensisHaas (1969)
Villosa vanuxemensis vanuxemensisBurch (1975), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lydeard et al. (1999), ITIS (2012)
Villosa vanuxemensisR.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 vanuxemensisWatters (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021), Bieler (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

 
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