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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Cyrtonaias

species Cyrtonaias umbrosa (Lea, 1856): synonymy
     65 specimens

Unio umbrosus Lea, 1856
Lea, 1856. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8: 95.
Lea, 1857. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 3 [O. 6]: 311 [31], pl. 30, fig. 26.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84848, Medellin R., Mexico.

Lampsilis (Proptera) umbrosusSimpson (1900)
Unio (Lampsilis) tampicoensis var. umbrosusMartens (1900)
Lampsilis umbrosusPilsbry (1904)
Lampsilis (Proptera) umbrosaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) umbrosaFrierson (1927), Haas (1929)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) umbrosa umbrosaHaas (1969)
Cyrtonaias umbrosaContreras-Arquieta (2000), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023)
Lampsilis umbrosaContreras-Arquieta (2000)

Unio veracruzensis Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 150.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 320 [80], pl. 52, fig. 133.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_25432, Vera Cruz, Mexico.

Lampsilis (Proptera) umbrosusSimpson (1900)
Unio (Elliptio) medellinusMartens (1900)
Lampsilis (Proptera) umbrosaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) umbrosaFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) umbrosa umbrosaHaas (1969)

Unio alienigenus Crosse & Fischer, 1894
Crosse & Fischer, 1894. J. de Conch. 41: 294.
Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(16): 590, pl. 65, figs. 5-5a; pl. 66, fig. 3.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN-IM-2000-1634, Coatzacoalcos, Vera Cruz, Mexico.

Lampsilis (Proptera) alienigenusSimpson (1900)
Unio (Lampsilis) alienigenusMartens (1900)
Lampsilis (Proptera) alienigenaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) alienigenaFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) umbrosa alienigenaHaas (1969)

Unio (Lampsilis) rovirosai Pilsbry, 1900
Pilsbry, 1900. Nautilus 13: 140.
Pilsbry, 1904. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 55: 788, pl. 54, figs. 1-1a.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_58916, Laguna de Atasta, nr. S.J. Bautista, Tabasco, Mex.

Lampsilis (Proptera) rovirosaiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis rovirosaiPilsbry (1904)
Proptera rovirosaiFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Lampsilis revirosai [sic]Contreras-Arquieta (2000)
Lampsilis rousrosai [sic]Contreras-Arquieta (2000)
Potamilus rovirosaiGraf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Czaja et al. (2023)
Cyrtonaias umbrosaGraf & Cummings (2021)

Lampsilis rovirosai sanjuanensis H.B. Baker, 1922
H.B. Baker, 1922. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (106): 27, pl. 8, fig. 39-42.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio (Lampsilis) rovirosai Pilsbry, 1900)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE UMMZ_34890, Rio San Juan, nr Haciendo de Cuatotolapam, Mexico.

Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) umbrosaFrierson (1927)
Haas (1969)

Lampsilis revirosai Contreras-Arquieta, 2000
Contreras-Arquieta, 2000. Mexicoa 2(1): 44.
(error for Unio (Lampsilis) rovirosai Pilsbry, 1900)

Lampsilis rousrosai Contreras-Arquieta, 2000
‘Pilsbry’ Contreras-Arquieta, 2000. Mexicoa 2(1): 44.
(error for Unio (Lampsilis) rovirosai Pilsbry, 1900)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Lampsilis (Proptera) umbrosusSimpson (1900)
Unio (Lampsilis) tampicoensis var. umbrosusMartens (1900)
Unio (Elliptio) medellinusMartens (1900)
Lampsilis (Proptera) alienigenusSimpson (1900)
Unio (Lampsilis) alienigenusMartens (1900)
Lampsilis (Proptera) rovirosaiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis umbrosusPilsbry (1904)
Lampsilis rovirosaiPilsbry (1904)
Lampsilis (Proptera) umbrosaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Proptera) alienigenaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) umbrosaFrierson (1927), Haas (1929)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) alienigenaFrierson (1927)
Proptera rovirosaiFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) umbrosa umbrosaHaas (1969)
Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) umbrosa alienigenaHaas (1969)
Haas (1969)
Cyrtonaias umbrosaContreras-Arquieta (2000), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023)
Lampsilis umbrosaContreras-Arquieta (2000)
Lampsilis revirosai [sic]Contreras-Arquieta (2000)
Lampsilis rousrosai [sic]Contreras-Arquieta (2000)
Potamilus rovirosaiGraf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Czaja et al. (2023)

 
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