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

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species Toxolasma granulatum (Lea, 1861): synonymy
     1 specimen

Unio granulatis Lea, 1861
Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 60.
(incorrect original spelling of Unio granulatus Lea, 1861)

Lampsilis (Carunculina) germanaSimpson (1914)
Toxolasma paulumBieler (2021)
Toxolasma granulatumCampbell & Lydeard (2026)

Unio granulatus Lea, 1861
Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 60 [as ‘granulatis’].
Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 48 [52], pl. 16, fig. 46.
(correct name for Unio granulatis Lea, 1861)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85297, Big Prairie Cr., Ala.

Lampsilis (Carunculina) germanusSimpson (1900)
Unio (s.s.) glansCall (1900)
Lampsilis (Carunculina) germanaSimpson (1914)
Carunculina paulaHaas (1969)
Toxolasma granulatusWilliams et al. (2008)
Toxolasma paulumBieler (2021), MolluscaBase (2024)
Toxolasma granulatumCampbell & Lydeard (2026)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Lampsilis (Carunculina) germanusSimpson (1900)
Unio (s.s.) glansCall (1900)
Lampsilis (Carunculina) germanaSimpson (1914)
Carunculina paulaHaas (1969)
Toxolasma granulatusWilliams et al. (2008)
Toxolasma paulumBieler (2021), MolluscaBase (2024)
Toxolasma granulatumCampbell & Lydeard (2026)

 
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