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

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Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Disconaias

species Disconaias fimbriata (Frierson, 1907): synonymy
     88 specimens

Lampsilis fimbriata Frierson, 1907
Frierson, 1907. Nautilus 21(8): 86, pl. 12, two upper figs. & lower left one.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 83, sp. 363.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) UMMZ_91161, Valles River, Mexico.

Lampsilis fimbriataPilsbry (1910)
Paraptera fimbriataOrtmann (1912)
Lampsilis (Proptera) fimbriataSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Disconaias) fimbriataFrierson (1927), Haas (1929), Haas (1969)
Potamilus salinasensisHowells et al. (1996)
Disconaias discaR.I. Johnson (1998)
Potamilis [sic] salinasensisContreras-Arquieta (2000)
Disconaias fimbriataGraf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Czaja et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Cummings et al. (2025)

Lampsilis (Proptera) salinasensis Dall, 1908
‘Simpson’ Dall, 1908. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 35: 181, pl. 30, fig. 3.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_163156 (by R.I. Johnson, 1998: 435), Salinas R., Coahuila, Mexico.

Lampsilis fimbriataPilsbry (1910)
Lampsilis (Proptera) fimbriataSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Disconaias) fimbriataFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Disconaias salinasensisTurgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), IUCN (1996), Turgeon et al. (1998), Bogan (2010), ITIS (2012)
Potamilus salinasensisHowells et al. (1996), Haag (2012)
Disconaias discaR.I. Johnson (1998)
Potamilis [sic] salinasensisContreras-Arquieta (2000)
Disconaias fimbriataWilliams et al. (2017), Cummings et al. (2025)

Lampsilis moctezumensis Pilsbry, 1910
Pilsbry, 1910. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 61: 534, pl. 25, figs. 1-4.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_99517 (by Johnson & Baker, 1973: 162), Moctezuma R., Mex.

Lampsilis moctezumensisPilsbry (1910), Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Actinonaias) moctezumensisFrierson (1927)
Actinonaias moctezumensisHaas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Bogan (2013), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023)
Disconaias fimbriataCummings et al. (2025)

Lampsilis (Disconaias) pilsbryana Frierson, 1927
‘Say’ Frierson, 1912. Nautilus 26(2): pl. 3, fig. 4 [as ‘Lampsilis purpuriatus’].
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 83, sp. 368.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] UMMZ_91175 (by R.I. Johnson, 1972: 147), Valles River, Mecos, Mexico.

Lampsilis (Disconaias) pilsbryanaFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Disconaias) purpuriataHaas (1929), Haas (1969)
Disconaias fimbriataCummings et al. (2025)

Lampsilis purpuriatus Frierson, 1912
‘Say’ Frierson, 1912. Nautilus 26(2): pl. 3, fig. 4.
(misidentified reference to Unio purpuriatus Say, 1831)

Unio purpuriatusSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Disconaias) pilsbryanaFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Disconaias) purpuriataHaas (1929)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Lampsilis fimbriataPilsbry (1910)
Lampsilis moctezumensisPilsbry (1910), Simpson (1914)
Paraptera fimbriataOrtmann (1912)
Lampsilis (Proptera) fimbriataSimpson (1914)
Unio purpuriatusSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Disconaias) fimbriataFrierson (1927), Haas (1929), Haas (1969)
Lampsilis (Actinonaias) moctezumensisFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Disconaias) pilsbryanaFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Disconaias) purpuriataHaas (1929), Haas (1969)
Actinonaias moctezumensisHaas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Bogan (2013), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023)
Disconaias salinasensisTurgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), IUCN (1996), Turgeon et al. (1998), Bogan (2010), ITIS (2012)
Potamilus salinasensisHowells et al. (1996), Haag (2012)
Disconaias discaR.I. Johnson (1998)
Potamilis [sic] salinasensisContreras-Arquieta (2000)
Disconaias fimbriataGraf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Czaja et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Cummings et al. (2025)

 
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