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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Toxolasma

species Toxolasma parvum (Barnes, 1823): synonymy
     6 specimens + 2 Genbank vouchers

Unio parvus Barnes, 1823
Barnes, 1823. Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 274 [‘174’], pl. 13, fig. 18.
Type(s): TYPE LOST XXX_UNKNOWN, Fox River, Wisconsin.

Lampsilis (Carunculina) parvusSimpson (1900)
Unio (s.s.) parvusCall (1900)
Lampsilis parvaOrtmann (1909)
Lampsilis (Carunculina) parvaOrtmann (1909), Simpson (1914)
Carunculina parvaOrtmann (1910), Utterback (1916), Ortmann (1925), Frierson (1927), F.C. Baker (1928), ... Gordon et al. (1979), Mathiak (1979), R.I. Johnson (1980), Mackie et al. (1980), Davis & Fuller (1981)
Eurynia (Carunculina) parvusOrtmann (1912)
Carunculina parvusOrtmann (1915)
Carunculina parva parvaHaas (1969)
Toxolasma parvusOesch (1984), Turgeon et al. (1988), Cummings & Mayer (1992), Williams et al. (1993), Vidrine (1993), ... Wang et al. (2018), Marshall et al. (2018), Cha et al. (2018), Chen et al. (2020), Gasparini et al. (2020)
Toxolasma parvumHoeh et al. (1995), Strayer & Jirka (1997), Lee (2006), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), ... Wu et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2024), MolluscaBase (2024), Wu et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2025)
Toxolasma parvaHaag (2012)

Unio pertennis de Gregorio, 1914
de Gregorio, 1914. Il Nat. Siciliano 2: 61, pl. 6, figs. 4a-d.

Unio pertennisde Gregorio (1914)
Toxolasma parvumWatters et al. (2009), MolluscaBase (2024)

Carunculina parva cahni F.C. Baker, 1927
F.C. Baker, 1927. Amer. Midl. Nat. 10(7): 222.
F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 253, pl. 105, figs. 14-18.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio parvus Barnes, 1823)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) INHS_82281, Neosha Mill Pond, Dodge Co., Wisconsin.

Carunculina parvus cahniF.C. Baker (1927)
Carunculina parva cahniF.C. Baker (1928)
Carunculina parva parvaHaas (1969)
Carunculina parvaR.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980)
Toxolasma parvusParmalee & Bogan (1998)
Toxolasma parvumWilliams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), MolluscaBase (2024)

Toxolasma parvum Garner et al., 2004
‘Barnes’ Garner et al., 2004. Alabama Wildlife: ??. [in part]
(reference to Unio parvus Barnes, 1823)

Toxolasma sp.Williams et al. (2008)

Unio pertenuis Watters et al., 2009
‘de Gregorio’ Watters et al., 2009. Freshw. Mussels OH: 302.
(error for Unio pertennis de Gregorio, 1914)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Lampsilis (Carunculina) parvusSimpson (1900)
Unio (s.s.) parvusCall (1900)
Lampsilis parvaOrtmann (1909)
Lampsilis (Carunculina) parvaOrtmann (1909), Simpson (1914)
Carunculina parvaOrtmann (1910), Utterback (1916), Ortmann (1925), Frierson (1927), F.C. Baker (1928), ... Gordon et al. (1979), Mathiak (1979), R.I. Johnson (1980), Mackie et al. (1980), Davis & Fuller (1981)
Eurynia (Carunculina) parvusOrtmann (1912)
Unio pertennisde Gregorio (1914)
Carunculina parvusOrtmann (1915)
Carunculina parvus cahniF.C. Baker (1927)
Carunculina parva cahniF.C. Baker (1928)
Carunculina parva parvaHaas (1969)
Toxolasma parvusOesch (1984), Turgeon et al. (1988), Cummings & Mayer (1992), Williams et al. (1993), Vidrine (1993), ... Wang et al. (2018), Marshall et al. (2018), Cha et al. (2018), Chen et al. (2020), Gasparini et al. (2020)
Toxolasma parvumHoeh et al. (1995), Strayer & Jirka (1997), Lee (2006), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), ... Wu et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2024), MolluscaBase (2024), Wu et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2025)
Toxolasma sp.Williams et al. (2008)
Toxolasma parvaHaag (2012)

 
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