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

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Friersonia

species Friersonia iridella (Pilsbry & Frierson, 1908): synonymy
     146 specimens

Lampsilis iridella Pilsbry & Frierson, 1908
Frierson, 1907. Nautilus 21(8): pl. 12, two lower right figs.
Pilsbry & Frierson, 1908. Nautilus 22(8): 81.
Pilsbry, 1910. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 61: 534.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_93810, Tampico, Mex.

Lampsilis iridellaPilsbry (1910)
Friersonia iridellaOrtmann (1912), Simpson (1914), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), Starobogatov (1970), Contreras-Arquieta (2000), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023), Cummings et al. (2025)
Lampsilis (Friersonia) iridellaFrierson (1927), Haas (1929)

Lampsilis novileonis Pilsbry, 1910
Pilsbry, 1910. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 61: 537, pl. 27, figs. 1-2.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] ANSP_99518 (by Johnson & Baker, 1973: 163), Casa Viejas, T., S.L. Potosi, Mex.

Lampsilis novileonisPilsbry (1910), Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Disconaias) novi-leonensis [sic]Frierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Disconaias) novileonisHaas (1969)
Disconaias novileonisGraf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023)
Friersonia iridellaCummings et al. (2025)

Lampsilis (Disconaias) novileonensis Frierson, 1927
‘Pilsbry’ Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 83 [as ‘novi-leonensis’].
(error for Lampsilis novileonis Pilsbry, 1910)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Lampsilis iridellaPilsbry (1910)
Lampsilis novileonisPilsbry (1910), Simpson (1914)
Friersonia iridellaOrtmann (1912), Simpson (1914), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), Starobogatov (1970), Contreras-Arquieta (2000), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023), Cummings et al. (2025)
Lampsilis (Friersonia) iridellaFrierson (1927), Haas (1929)
Lampsilis (Disconaias) novi-leonensis [sic]Frierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Disconaias) novileonisHaas (1969)
Disconaias novileonisGraf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023)

 
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