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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Hamiota

species Hamiota altilis (Conrad, 1834): synonymy
     4 specimens + 5 Genbank vouchers

Unio altilis Conrad, 1834
Conrad, 1834. New Fresh-Water Shells: 43, pl. 2, fig. 1.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 244.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_56419, Ogeechee R., Ga.

Lampsilis (s.s.) altilisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Lampsilis altilisBurch (1975), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lydeard et al. (1999), Roe et al. (2002), Jones et al. (2005), Campbell et al. (2005), ITIS (2012), Szumowski et al. (2012)
Hamiota altilisRoe & Hartfield (2005), Zanatta & Murphy (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), IUCN (2012), Haag (2012), Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)

Unio clarkianus Lea, 1852
Lea, 1852. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5: 251. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1852. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 5]: 273, pl. 21, fig. 30.
Type(s): SYNTYPE ANSP_126052, Tenn.

Lampsilis (s.s.) clarkianusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (s.s.) clarkianaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (s.s.) altilisFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Lampsilis altilisParmalee & Bogan (1998)
Hamiota altilisRoe & Hartfield (2005), Williams et al. (2008)

Unio gerhardtii Lea, 1862
Lea, 1862. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 14: 168.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 208 [30], pl. 31, fig. 277.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_25711, Chattanooga, Ga.

Lampsilis (s.s.) gerhardtiiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis (s.s.) spillmaniFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (s.s.) spillmaniiHaas (1969)
Lampsilis altilisParmalee & Bogan (1998)
Hamiota altilisRoe & Hartfield (2005), Williams et al. (2008)

Unio doliaris Lea, 1865
Lea, 1865. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 17: 88.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 260 [20], pl. 32, fig. 75.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84936, Etowah R., Georgia.

Lampsilis (s.s.) doliarisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis (s.s.) perovalisFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Lampsilis altilisParmalee & Bogan (1998)
Hamiota altilisRoe & Hartfield (2005)
Lampsilis ornataWilliams et al. (2008)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Lampsilis (s.s.) altilisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Lampsilis (s.s.) clarkianusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (s.s.) gerhardtiiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis (s.s.) doliarisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis (s.s.) clarkianaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (s.s.) spillmaniFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (s.s.) perovalisFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Lampsilis (s.s.) spillmaniiHaas (1969)
Lampsilis altilisBurch (1975), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lydeard et al. (1999), Roe et al. (2002), Jones et al. (2005), Campbell et al. (2005), ITIS (2012), Szumowski et al. (2012)
Hamiota altilisRoe & Hartfield (2005), Zanatta & Murphy (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), IUCN (2012), Haag (2012), Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)
Lampsilis ornataWilliams et al. (2008)

 
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