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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Lampsilis

species Lampsilis virescens (Lea, 1858): synonymy
     2 specimens

Unio virescens Lea, 1858
Lea, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 40.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 341 [23], pl. 55, fig. 166.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84927, Tuscumbia, Alabama.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) virescensSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) virescensSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis virescensOrtmann (1918), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), Stansbery (1970), R.I. Johnson (1980), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), Porto-Hannes et al. (2021), FMCS (2021), Stodola et al. (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) virescensFrierson (1927)
Ligumia virescensHaas (1969)

Margaron (Lea) vivescens Lea, 1870
‘Lea’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 42.
(error for Unio virescens Lea, 1858)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) virescensSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) virescensSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis virescensOrtmann (1918), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), Stansbery (1970), R.I. Johnson (1980), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), Porto-Hannes et al. (2021), FMCS (2021), Stodola et al. (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) virescensFrierson (1927)
Ligumia virescensHaas (1969)

 
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