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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 | Actinonaias species Actinonaias medellina (Lea, 1838): synonymy
109 specimens Unio medellinus Lea, 1838
 Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 26. [nomen nudum]
 Lea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 39, pl. 12, fig. 34.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_9679 (by Johnson & Baker, 1973: 161), Vera Cruz, Mex.
Nephronaias medellinus — Simpson (1900), Ihering (1901)
Unio (Elliptio) medellinus — Martens (1900)
Nephronaias medellina — Simpson (1914)
Actinonaias medellinus — Frierson (1917)
Lampsilis (Actinonaias) meddellina [sic] — Frierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Actinonaias) medellina — Haas (1929)
Actinonaias medellina — Thiele (1934), Haas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Bogan (2013), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023), Cummings et al. (2025) | |
Unio veracruzensis Lea, 1868
 Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 150.
 Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 320 [80], pl. 52, fig. 133.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_25432, Vera Cruz, Mexico.
Lampsilis (Proptera) umbrosus — Simpson (1900)
Unio (Elliptio) medellinus — Martens (1900)
Lampsilis (Proptera) umbrosa — Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) umbrosa — Frierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) umbrosa umbrosa — Haas (1969)
Actinonaias medellina — Cummings et al. (2025) | |
Lampsilis (Actinonaias) meddellina Frierson, 1927
‘Lea’ Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 84.
(error for Unio medellinus Lea, 1838) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Nephronaias medellinus — Simpson (1900), Ihering (1901)
Unio (Elliptio) medellinus — Martens (1900)
Lampsilis (Proptera) umbrosus — Simpson (1900)
Nephronaias medellina — Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Proptera) umbrosa — Simpson (1914)
Actinonaias medellinus — Frierson (1917)
Lampsilis (Actinonaias) meddellina [sic] — Frierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) umbrosa — Frierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Actinonaias) medellina — Haas (1929)
Actinonaias medellina — Thiele (1934), Haas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Bogan (2013), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023), Cummings et al. (2025)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) umbrosa umbrosa — Haas (1969)
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