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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 amygdalum (Lea, 1843): synonymy
     7 specimens

Unio amygdalum Lea, 1843
Lea, 1843. [privately published sheet]: [1].
Lea, 1845. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 9 [O. 4]: 275 [33], pl. 39, fig. 1.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86127, L. George, Florida.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) amygdalumSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) amygdalumSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Villosa) amygdalumFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Villosa vibex amygdalumClench & Turner (1956)
Villosa amygdalaR.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), ... Cummings & Graf (2010), IUCN (2011), ITIS (2012), Haag (2012), Watters (2018)
Villosa amygdalumWilliams et al. (2011), Williams et al. (2014), Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)

Unio trossulus Lea, 1843
Lea, 1843. [privately published sheet]: [1] [as ‘trosculus’].
Lea, 1845. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 9 [O. 4]: 278 [36], pl. 40, fig. 6.
(correct name for Unio trosculus Lea, 1843)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_84705, L. Monroe, Fla.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) trossulusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) trossulusSimpson (1914)
de Gregorio (1914)
Lampsilis (Villosa) amygdalumFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Villosa vibex amygdalumClench & Turner (1956)
Villosa amygdalaR.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975)
Villosa amygdalumWilliams et al. (2011), Williams et al. (2014)

Unio papyraceus Gould, 1845
Gould, 1845. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 2: 53.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_86125 (by R.I. Johnson, 1964: 122), Everglades, Florida.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) papyraceusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) papyraceaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Villosa) amygdalumFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Villosa vibex amygdalumClench & Turner (1956)
Villosa amygdalaR.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975), Watters (2018)
Villosa amygdalumWilliams et al. (2011), Williams et al. (2014)

Unio lepidus Gould, 1856
Gould, 1856. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 6: 15.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE MCZ_169223 (by R.I. Johnson, 1964: 92), Lake Monroe, Florida.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) amygdalumSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) amygdalumSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Villosa) amygdalumFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Villosa vibex amygdalumClench & Turner (1956)
Villosa amygdalaR.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975), Watters (2018)
Villosa amygdalumWilliams et al. (2011), Williams et al. (2014)

Unio vesicularis Lea, 1872
Lea, 1872. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 24: 156.
Lea, 1874. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 37 [41], pl. 12, fig. 34.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85292, Lake Okeechobee, Florida.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) vesicularisSimpson (1900)
Unio (s.s.) parvusCall (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) vesicularisSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Villosa) vesicularisFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Villosa vibex amygdalumClench & Turner (1956)
Villosa amygdalaR.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975), Watters (2018)
Villosa amygdalumWilliams et al. (2011), Williams et al. (2014)

Unio singleyanus Marsh, 1891
Marsh, 1891. Joliet Weekly News: ??.
Marsh, 1891. Nautilus 5(3): 29.
Simpson, 1892. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 15(911): 426, pl. 68, figs. 4-5.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE UMMZ_249348, Sumpter Co., Fla.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) singleyanusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) singleyanaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Villosa) vesicularisFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Villosa vibex amygdalumClench & Turner (1956)
Carunculina parvaR.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975)
Villosa amygdalaR.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975), Watters (2018)
Villosa amygdalumWilliams et al. (2011), Williams et al. (2014)

Lampsilis (Villosa) wrightiana Frierson, 1927
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 81, sp. 351.
Frierson, 1928. Nautilus 41(4): 139, pl. 2, fig. 3.
Type(s): SYNTYPE UMMZ_91179, Volusia Co., Fla.

Lampsilis (Villosa) wrightianaFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Villosa vibex amygdalumClench & Turner (1956)
Villosa villosaR.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975), Brim Box & Williams (2000), Williams et al. (2008)
Villosa amygdalumWilliams et al. (2011), Williams et al. (2014)

Unio minor of Authors, unknown year
Call of Authors.
(misidentified reference to Unio minor Lea, 1843)

Lampsilis (Villosa) vesicularisFrierson (1927)

Unio trosculus Lea, 1843
Lea, 1843. [privately published sheet]: [1].
(incorrect original spelling of Unio trossulus Lea, 1843)

Villosa vibex amygdalumClench & Turner (1956)
Villosa amygdalaR.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975), Watters (2018)
Villosa amygdalumWilliams et al. (2014)

Unio papraceus R.I. Johnson, 1972
‘Gould’ R.I. Johnson, 1972. Bull. Fla. State Mus. 16(4): 240.
(error for Unio papyraceus Gould, 1845)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) amygdalumSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) trossulusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) papyraceusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) vesicularisSimpson (1900)
Unio (s.s.) parvusCall (1900)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) singleyanusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) amygdalumSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) trossulusSimpson (1914)
de Gregorio (1914)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) papyraceaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) vesicularisSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) singleyanaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Villosa) amygdalumFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Lampsilis (Villosa) vesicularisFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Lampsilis (Villosa) wrightianaFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Villosa vibex amygdalumClench & Turner (1956)
Villosa amygdalaR.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), ... Cummings & Graf (2010), IUCN (2011), ITIS (2012), Haag (2012), Watters (2018)
Carunculina parvaR.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975)
Villosa villosaR.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975), Brim Box & Williams (2000), Williams et al. (2008)
Villosa amygdalumWilliams et al. (2011), Williams et al. (2014), Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)

 
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