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

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species Actinonaias coyensis (Pilsbry, 1910): synonymy
     43 specimens

Lampsilis coyensis Pilsbry, 1910
Pilsbry, 1910. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 61: 538, pl. 27, figs. 3-4.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_99522 (by Johnson & Baker, 1973: 152), Coy River, S.L. Potosi, Mex.

Lampsilis coyensisPilsbry (1910), Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Actinonaias) coyensisFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Friersonia) coyensisHaas (1929)
Actinonaias coyensisHaas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Bogan (2013), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023), Cummings et al. (2025)

Lampsilis (Friersonia) coyensis var. vallesensis Haas, 1929
‘Pilsbry’ Haas, 1929. Senckenbergiana 11: 317. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Lampsilis coyensis Pilsbry, 1910)

Lampsilis (Friersonia) coyensisHaas (1929)
Actinonaias coyensisCummings et al. (2025)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Lampsilis coyensisPilsbry (1910), Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Actinonaias) coyensisFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Friersonia) coyensisHaas (1929)
Actinonaias coyensisHaas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Bogan (2013), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023), Cummings et al. (2025)

 
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