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

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species Toxolasma glans (Lea, 1831): synonymy
     1 specimen + 2 Genbank vouchers

Unio glans Lea, 1831
Lea, 1831. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 4 [O. 1]: 82, pl. 8, fig. 12.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85312, New Harmony, Ind.

Lampsilis (Carunculina) glansSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (s.s.) glansCall (1900)
Eurynia (Carunculina) glansOrtmann (1912)
de Gregorio (1914)
Carunculina glansUtterback (1916), Ortmann (1924), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), Stansbery (1970), Gordon et al. (1979), R.I. Johnson (1980)
Carunculina moestaOrtmann (1925)
Toxolasma lividaMorrison (1969)
Carunculina parvaBurch (1975)
Toxolasma lividus glansOesch (1984)
Toxolasma lividusParmalee & Bogan (1998)
Toxolasma lividumWilliams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), MolluscaBase (2024)
Toxolasma glansBreton et al. (2011), Chase et al. (2018), Stewart et al. (2021), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Toxolasma cylindrellusIUCN (2012)
Toxolasma lividus grans [sic]Kongim et al. (2015)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Lampsilis (Carunculina) glansSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (s.s.) glansCall (1900)
Eurynia (Carunculina) glansOrtmann (1912)
de Gregorio (1914)
Carunculina glansUtterback (1916), Ortmann (1924), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), Stansbery (1970), Gordon et al. (1979), R.I. Johnson (1980)
Carunculina moestaOrtmann (1925)
Toxolasma lividaMorrison (1969)
Carunculina parvaBurch (1975)
Toxolasma lividus glansOesch (1984)
Toxolasma lividusParmalee & Bogan (1998)
Toxolasma lividumWilliams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), MolluscaBase (2024)
Toxolasma glansBreton et al. (2011), Chase et al. (2018), Stewart et al. (2021), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Toxolasma cylindrellusIUCN (2012)
Toxolasma lividus grans [sic]Kongim et al. (2015)

 
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