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

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species Actinonaias sapotalensis (Lea, 1841): synonymy
     23 specimens

Unio sapotalensis Lea, 1841
Lea, 1841. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 2: 30.
Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 233 [71], pl. 21, fig. 47.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_85072, Sapotal River, near Tlacatalpan, Mexico; 60 mi S of Vera Cruz.

Nephronaias sapotalensisSimpson (1900), Ortmann (1912), Simpson (1914)
Unio (Lampsilis) sapotalensisMartens (1900)
Actinonaias sapotalensisFrierson (1917), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Bogan (2013), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023), Cummings et al. (2025)
Lampsilis (Actinonaias) sapotalensisFrierson (1927)

Unio computatus Crosse & Fischer, 1894
Crosse & Fischer, 1894. J. de Conch. 41: 295.
Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(16): 601, pl. 67, figs. 2-2a.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE MNHN-IM-2000-1662 (by Cummings et al., 2025: 132), Coatzacoalcos, Vera Cruz, Mexico.

Unio (Lampsilis) computatusMartens (1900)
Simpson (1900)
Nephronaias computataSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Actinonaias) computataFrierson (1927)
Actinonaias computataHaas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Bogan (2013), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023)
Actinonaias sapotalensisCummings et al. (2025)

Lampsilis ruthveni H.B. Baker, 1922
H.B. Baker, 1922. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (106): 29, pl. 11, fig. 53; pl. 12, fig. 53; pl. 13, figs. 51-54.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE UMMZ_34891, Rio San Juan, Mexico.

Lampsilis (Actinonaias) ruthveniFrierson (1927)
Actinonaias computataHaas (1969)
Actinonaias sapotalensisCummings et al. (2025)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Nephronaias sapotalensisSimpson (1900), Ortmann (1912), Simpson (1914)
Unio (Lampsilis) sapotalensisMartens (1900)
Unio (Lampsilis) computatusMartens (1900)
Simpson (1900)
Nephronaias computataSimpson (1914)
Actinonaias sapotalensisFrierson (1917), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Bogan (2013), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023), Cummings et al. (2025)
Lampsilis (Actinonaias) sapotalensisFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Actinonaias) computataFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Actinonaias) ruthveniFrierson (1927)
Actinonaias computataHaas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Bogan (2013), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023)

 
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