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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Venustaconcha

species Venustaconcha trabalis (Conrad, 1834): synonymy
     2 specimens

Unio trabalis Conrad, 1834
Conrad, 1834. New Fresh-Water Shells: 27, pl. 3, fig. 5.
Conrad, 1840. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(12): 110, pl. 60, fig. 2.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 259.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_56481, Flint River, Ala.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) trabalisSimpson (1900)
Eurynia (Micromya) trabalisOrtmann (1912), Ortmann (1918)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) trabalisSimpson (1914)
Micromya trabalisOrtmann (1924), Ortmann (1925)
Lampsilis (Venusta) trabalisFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Venustaconcha) trabalisHaas (1969)
Villosa trabalisStansbery (1970), Burch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), ... ITIS (2012), Haag (2012), Jones (2015), Lane et al. (2016), Klymus et al. (2020)
Venustaconcha trabalisWilliams et al. (2017), Watters (2018), Lane et al. (2019), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)

Unio perpurpureus Lea, 1861
Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 41.
Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 46 [50], pl. 16, fig. 44.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85246, Tenn.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) perpurpureusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) perpurpureaSimpson (1914)
Eurynia (Micromya) perpurpureaOrtmann (1915), Ortmann (1918)
Micromya perpurpureaOrtmann (1924), Ortmann (1925)
Lampsilis (Venusta) trabalisFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Venustaconcha) trabalisHaas (1969)
Villosa trabalisStansbery (1970), Burch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980)
Villosa perpurpureaTurgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Turgeon et al. (1998), IUCN (2000), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), ITIS (2012), Haag (2012), Lane et al. (2016), Klymus et al. (2020)
Venustaconcha trabalisWilliams et al. (2017), Watters (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Unio glans Conrad, 1836
‘Lea’ Conrad, 1836. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(2): 21, pl. 9, fig. 2.
(misidentified reference to Unio glans Lea, 1831)

Lampsilis (Carunculina) glansSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Venusta) trabalisFrierson (1927)

Unio maestus Küster, 1861
‘Lea’ Küster, 1861. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 226, pl. 76, fig. 5.
(misidentified reference to Unio moestus Lea, 1841; error for Unio moestus Lea, 1841)

Lampsilis (Carunculina) mœstusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Venusta) trabalisFrierson (1927)

Unio vanuxemensis Sowerby, 1866
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 39, sp. 216.
(misidentified reference to Unio vanuxemensis Lea, 1838)

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) trabalisSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) trabalisSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Venusta) trabalisFrierson (1927)
Villosa trabalisParmalee & Bogan (1998)

Unio troostensis Sowerby, 1868
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 79, sp. 415.
(misidentified reference to Unio troostensis Lea, 1834)

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) perpurpureusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) perpurpureaSimpson (1914)
Villosa perpurpureaParmalee & Bogan (1998)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) trabalisSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Carunculina) glansSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Carunculina) mœstusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) perpurpureusSimpson (1900)
Eurynia (Micromya) trabalisOrtmann (1912), Ortmann (1918)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) trabalisSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) perpurpureaSimpson (1914)
Eurynia (Micromya) perpurpureaOrtmann (1915), Ortmann (1918)
Micromya trabalisOrtmann (1924), Ortmann (1925)
Micromya perpurpureaOrtmann (1924), Ortmann (1925)
Lampsilis (Venusta) trabalisFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Venustaconcha) trabalisHaas (1969)
Villosa trabalisStansbery (1970), Burch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), ... ITIS (2012), Haag (2012), Jones (2015), Lane et al. (2016), Klymus et al. (2020)
Villosa perpurpureaTurgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Turgeon et al. (1998), IUCN (2000), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), ITIS (2012), Haag (2012), Lane et al. (2016), Klymus et al. (2020)
Venustaconcha trabalisWilliams et al. (2017), Watters (2018), Lane et al. (2019), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)

 
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