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

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genus Lemiox Rafinesque, 1831: synonymy
     1 Recent valid species (2 total species)

Lemiox Rafinesque, 1831
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 3.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 74.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Bariosta Rafinesque, 1831)
Type species: Bariosta (Lemiox) rimosus Rafinesque, 1831 (orig. desig.) = Lemiox rimosus

Conradilla Ortmann, 1921
Ortmann, 1921. Nautilus 34: 90.
Ortmann & Walker, 1922. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (112): 56.
Ortmann, 1924. Amer. Midl. Nat. 9(1): 30.
Type species: Unio caelatus Conrad, 1834 (original designation) = Lemiox rimosus

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

MicromyaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Russell (1934)
LemioxOrtmann (1916), Ortmann (1918), Frierson (1927), Thiele (1934), Modell (1957), ... Klymus et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)
ConradillaOrtmann (1921), Ortmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), Haas (1969), Stansbery (1970)

 
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