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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 binominata Simpson, 1900: synonymy
     1 specimen

Unio lineatus Lea, 1840
Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 287.
Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 206 [44], pl. 12, fig. 20.
(homonym of Unio lineata Bory de St. Vincent, 1827; renamed Lampsilis (s.s.) binominatus Simpson, 1900)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_84884, Chattahoochee River, Columbus, [Muscogee County,] Georgia, [Chattahoochee River drainage].

Lampsilis (s.s.) binominatusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (s.s.) binominataSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (s.s.) ornatusFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis excavatusClench & Turner (1956)
Lampsilis binominatusR.I. Johnson (1967), Burch (1975)
Lampsilis (s.s.) ornataHaas (1969)
Lampsilis binominataBrim Box & Williams (2000), Williams et al. (2008)

Lampsilis (s.s.) binominatus Simpson, 1900
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 528.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 42.
(new name for Unio lineatus Lea, 1840)

Lampsilis (s.s.) binominatusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (s.s.) binominataSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (s.s.) ornatusFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis excavatusClench & Turner (1956)
Lampsilis binominatusR.I. Johnson (1967), Burch (1975)
Lampsilis (s.s.) ornataHaas (1969)
Lampsilis binominataTurgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lydeard et al. (1999), Brim Box & Williams (2000), ... Williams et al. (2014), Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Lampsilis (s.s.) binominatusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (s.s.) binominataSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (s.s.) ornatusFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis excavatusClench & Turner (1956)
Lampsilis binominatusR.I. Johnson (1967), Burch (1975)
Lampsilis (s.s.) ornataHaas (1969)
Lampsilis binominataTurgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lydeard et al. (1999), Brim Box & Williams (2000), ... Williams et al. (2014), Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)

 
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