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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Villosa

species Villosa delumbis (Conrad, 1834): synonymy
     5 specimens

Unio delumbis Conrad, 1834
Conrad, 1834. New Fresh-Water Shells: 35, pl. 5, fig. 3.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 248.

Lampsilis (s.s.) delumbisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) delumbisFrierson (1927)
Ligumia delumbisHaas (1969)
Villosa delumbisR.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975), Davis & Fuller (1981), Kat (1983), Turgeon et al. (1988), ... Williams et al. (2017), Watters (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)

Unio ogeecheensis Conrad, 1849
Conrad, 1849. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 4: 300.
Conrad, 1850. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1: 275, pl. 37, figs. 3-4.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 254.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE MCZ_146971 (by R.I. Johnson, 1956: 126), Ogeechee River, Georgia.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) ogeecheensisSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) ogeecheensisSimpson (1914)
de Gregorio (1914)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) ogeecheensisFrierson (1927)
Ligumia ogeecheensisHaas (1969)
Villosa delumbisR.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975), Watters (2018)

Unio concavus Lea, 1852
Lea, 1852. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 5]: 260, pl. 15, fig. 11.
Lea, 1852. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5: 251. [nomen nudum]
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85154, Abbeville District, S Carolina.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) sudusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) sudaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) ogeecheensisFrierson (1927)
Ligumia ogeecheensisHaas (1969)
Villosa delumbisR.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975), Watters (2018)

Unio genuinus Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 161.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 305 [64], pl. 46, fig. 117.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85123, Bissels Pond, N.C.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) concestatorSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) concestatorSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) lienosaFrierson (1927)
Villosa lienosusClench & Turner (1956)
Ligumia lienosaHaas (1969)
Villosa delumbisR.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975), Watters (2018)

Unio tenerus Simpson, 1892
‘Ravenel’ Simpson, 1892. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 15(911): 416, pl. 58, figs. 5, 8.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85032, Savannah R., Georgia.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) ogeecheensisSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) ogeecheensisSimpson (1914)
Villosa delumbisWatters (2018)

Unio tenerus Ravenel, 1834
Ravenel, 1834. Cat. Rec. Shells: 7. [nomen nudum]

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) modioliformisSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) modioliformisSimpson (1914)
Villosa delumbisR.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975)

Margarita (Unio) tenerus Lea, 1836
‘Ravenel’ Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 39.
‘Rav.’ Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 25.
‘Rav.’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 39.
‘Rav. Han.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 44.
(reference to Unio tenerus Simpson, 1892)

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) modioliformisSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) modioliformisSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) radiata-tenebrosaFrierson (1927)
Ligumia radiata tenebrosaHaas (1969)
Villosa delumbisWatters (2018)

Unio carolinensis Lea, 1836
“Prof. Ravenel’s Letter” Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 39.
“Professor Ravenel’s Letter” Lea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 5.
(intro'd as syn of Unio vaughanianus Lea, 1838)

Unio ogeeehensis de Gregorio, 1914
‘Conrad’ de Gregorio, 1914. Il Nat. Siciliano 2: 44.
(error for Unio ogeecheensis Conrad, 1849)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Lampsilis (s.s.) delumbisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) modioliformisSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) ogeecheensisSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) sudusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) concestatorSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) modioliformisSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) ogeecheensisSimpson (1914)
de Gregorio (1914)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) sudaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) concestatorSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) delumbisFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) radiata-tenebrosaFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) ogeecheensisFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) lienosaFrierson (1927)
Villosa lienosusClench & Turner (1956)
Ligumia delumbisHaas (1969)
Ligumia radiata tenebrosaHaas (1969)
Ligumia ogeecheensisHaas (1969)
Ligumia lienosaHaas (1969)
Villosa delumbisR.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975), Davis & Fuller (1981), Kat (1983), Turgeon et al. (1988), ... Williams et al. (2017), Watters (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)

 
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