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

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species Cyrtonaias berlandierii (Lea, 1857): synonymy
     93 specimens + 17 Genbank vouchers

Unio grandensis Conrad, 1855
Conrad, 1855. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 7: 256.
Type(s): TYPE LOST XXX_UNKNOWN, Rio Grande, Texas.

Glebula rotundataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Clench & Turner (1956), Haas (1969), Burch (1975), Brim Box & Williams (2000), Watters et al. (2009)
Glebula suborbiculataFrierson (1927)
Cyrtonaias tampicoensisR.I. Johnson (1999)
Cyrtonaias berlandieriiCummings et al. (2025)

Unio berlandierii Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 101.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 369 [51], pl. 65, fig. 194.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] USNM_84427 (by R.I. Johnson, 1974: 20), Matamoras, Mexico.

Lampsilis (Proptera) berlandieriiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (Lampsilis) berlandieriMartens (1900)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) tampicoensis-berlandieriFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) tampicoensis berlandieriiHaas (1929), Haas (1969)
Lampsilis (sec. Cyrtonaias) berlandieriiThiele (1934)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) berlandieriHaas (1969)
Cyrtonaias tampicoensisBurch (1975), Howells et al. (1996), R.I. Johnson (1998), R.I. Johnson (1999), Graf & Cummings (2007), Pfeiffer et al. (2019), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Cyrtonaias berlandieriiCummings et al. (2025)

Unio saladoensis Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 305.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 370, [52] pl. 65, fig. 195.
Type(s): TYPE LOCALITY TYPE_LOCALITY_MP_007, Rio Salado, New Leon, Mexico.

Lampsilis (Proptera) saladoensisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Martens (1900)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) saladoensisFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Cyrtonaias tampicoensisR.I. Johnson (1998), R.I. Johnson (1999), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Cyrtonaias saladoensisGraf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010)
Cyrtonaias berlandieriiCummings et al. (2025)

Unio heermannii Lea, 1861
Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 392.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 194 [16], pl. 26, fig. 263.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] USNM_83932 (by Johnson & Baker, 1973: 157), Medina R., Texas.

Lampsilis (Proptera) tampecoensis [sic]Simpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Proptera) tampicoensisSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) tampicoensis-heermanniFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) tampicoensis heermanniiHaas (1969)
Cyrtonaias tampicoensisHowells et al. (1996), R.I. Johnson (1998), R.I. Johnson (1999)
Cyrtonaias berlandieriiCummings et al. (2025)

Unio heermanii B.H. Wright, 1888
‘Lea’ of Authors.
B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [3].
Singley, 1893. Geol. Surv. Texas (1892): 322.
R.I. Johnson, 1998. Occ. Pap. Moll. 5(76): 448.
R.I. Johnson, 1999. Occ. Pap. Moll. 6(77): 27.
(error for Unio heermannii Lea, 1861)

Unio granadensis Simpson, 1900
‘Conrad’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 598.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 289 [corrected in corrigenda].
Morrison, 1943. Nautilus 57: 15.
(error for Unio grandensis Conrad, 1855)

Glebula rotundataClench & Turner (1956), Haas (1969), Burch (1975)

Cyrtonaias tampicoensis Bogan & Hoeh, 2000
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Bogan & Hoeh, 2000. Geol. Soc. London Spec. Publ. 177: Table 1.
Hoeh et al., 2001. [in] Bauer & Wächtler, Ecol. Evol. Unionoida: 260.
Hoeh et al., 2002. Malac. Review 31/32(2): 127.
Hoeh et al., 2002. Evolution 56(11): Table 1.
Roe & Hoeh, 2003. Mol. Syst. Phylogeo. Moll.: 110.
Campbell et al., 2005. Invert. Biol. 124(2): Appendix 1.
Zanatta & Murphy, 2006. MPE 41(1): Table 1.
Walker et al., 2006. Malacologia 48(1-2): Table 2.
Chapman et al., 2008. Malacologia 50(1-2): 306, Table 1.
Chapman et al., 2008. BMC Evol. Biol. 8: 11, Table 4.
Campbell et al., 2008. Molec. Ecol. Res. 8: Table 1.
Burlakova et al., 2012. Aquatic Biosystems 8(12): [suppl. 1].
Campbell & Lydeard, 2012. Amer. Malac. Bull. 30(1): Appendix 1.
Pfeiffer et al., 2016. Conserv. Genet. 17(2): 281, Table 1.
Pfeiffer et al., 2019. Zool. Scripta 48: 109, Table 2.
Smith et al., 2019. Systemat. Biodiv. 17(4): Table S1.
Burlakova et al., 2019. Malacologia 62(2): Table 1.
Pfeiffer et al., 2019. MPE 137: Table 1.
Inoue et al., 2020. Zootaxa 4816(4): 460.
Smith et al., 2020. Cladistics 36: Table 1.
Freeman et al., 2025. Malacologia 67(1/2): 247, Table 2.
(misidentified reference to Unio tampicoensis Lea, 1838)

Cyrtonaias berlandieriiCummings et al. (2025)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Glebula rotundataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Clench & Turner (1956), Haas (1969), Burch (1975), Brim Box & Williams (2000), Watters et al. (2009)
Lampsilis (Proptera) berlandieriiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (Lampsilis) berlandieriMartens (1900)
Lampsilis (Proptera) saladoensisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Martens (1900)
Lampsilis (Proptera) tampecoensis [sic]Simpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Proptera) tampicoensisSimpson (1914)
Glebula suborbiculataFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) tampicoensis-berlandieriFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) saladoensisFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) tampicoensis-heermanniFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) tampicoensis berlandieriiHaas (1929), Haas (1969)
Lampsilis (sec. Cyrtonaias) berlandieriiThiele (1934)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) berlandieriHaas (1969)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) tampicoensis heermanniiHaas (1969)
Cyrtonaias tampicoensisBurch (1975), Howells et al. (1996), R.I. Johnson (1998), R.I. Johnson (1999), Graf & Cummings (2007), Pfeiffer et al. (2019), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Cyrtonaias saladoensisGraf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010)
Cyrtonaias berlandieriiCummings et al. (2025)

 
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