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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Villosa

species Villosa villosa (B.H. Wright, 1898): synonymy
     1 specimen + 3 Genbank vouchers

Unio villosus B.H. Wright, 1898
B.H. Wright, 1898. Nautilus 12(3): 32.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) USNM_150503, Suwanee Riv., Luraville, Fla.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) villosusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis villosusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) villosaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Villosa) villosaFrierson (1927), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Lampsilis (sec. Villosa) villosaThiele (1934)
Villosa villosaClench & Turner (1956), R.I. Johnson (1970), R.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975), Turgeon et al. (1988), ... Smith et al. (2019), Graf & Cummings (2021), Patterson et al. (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) villosusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis villosusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) villosaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Villosa) villosaFrierson (1927), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Lampsilis (sec. Villosa) villosaThiele (1934)
Villosa villosaClench & Turner (1956), R.I. Johnson (1970), R.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975), Turgeon et al. (1988), ... Smith et al. (2019), Graf & Cummings (2021), Patterson et al. (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)

 
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