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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Disconaias

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

Unio aztecorum “forma” major Martens, 1900
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: pl. 37, figs. 3-3b.
(homonym of Unio (Anodontes) sirionos var. major d’Orbigny, 1835; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio aztecorum Philippi, 1847)

Lampsilis (Disconaias) fimbriataFrierson (1927)

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)

Lampsilis (Proptera) salinasensis Dall, 1908
‘Simpson’ Dall, 1908. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 35: 181, pl. 30, fig. 3.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_163156, 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)

Actinonaias (Disconaias) walkeri H.B. Baker, 1922
H.B. Baker, 1922. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (106): 20, pl. 1, fig.s 1-2; pl. 9, fig. 49; pl. 10, figs. 48-50; pl. 11, figs. 48-49.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE UMMZ_31844, Rio San Juan, Mexico.

Lampsilis (Disconaias) fimbriataFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Actinonaias walkeriR.I. Johnson (1998), Contreras-Arquieta (2000)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Lampsilis fimbriataPilsbry (1910)
Paraptera fimbriataOrtmann (1912)
Lampsilis (Proptera) fimbriataSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Disconaias) fimbriataFrierson (1927), Haas (1929), 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)
Actinonaias walkeriR.I. Johnson (1998), Contreras-Arquieta (2000)
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)

 
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