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

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Lanceolariini

genus Lanceolaria Conrad, 1853: synonymy
     13 Recent valid species (15 total species)

Lanceolaria Conrad, 1853
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 267.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio grayanus Lea, 1834 (orig. desig.) = Lanceolaria grayii

Arconaia Conrad, 1865
Conrad, 1865. Amer. J. Conch. 1: 234.
Type species: Triquetra lanceolata Lea, 1856 (monotypy) = Lanceolaria lanceolata

Cylindrica Simpson, 1900
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 807.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 958.
(homonym of Clessin, 1882 [Gastro.]; intro'd as sub-gen. of Nodularia Conrad, 1853; renamed Pericylindrica Tomlin, 1930)
Type species: Nodularia cylindrica Simpson, 1900 (orig. desig.) = Lanceolaria cylindrica

Pericylindrica Tomlin, 1930
Tomlin, 1930. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 19: 23.
(new name for Cylindrica Simpson, 1900)

Prolanceolaria Moskvicheva, 1973
Moskvicheva, 1973. Zool. Zhur. 52(6): 1465.
Type species: Unio grayii Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833 = Lanceolaria grayii

Prolancealaria Vaught, 1989
‘Moskvicheva’ of Authors.
Vaught, 1989. Class. Livinh Moll.: 121.
Millard, 2001. Class. Moll. (3): 1054.
(error for Prolanceolaria Moskvicheva, 1973)

Arconalia Grasset, 1884
‘Conrad’
Grasset, 1884. Index Tes., Viv.: 292.
(error for Arconaia Conrad, 1865)

Cylindrus Modell, 1964
‘Simpson’
Modell, 1964. Arch. Moll. 93: 121.
(error for Cylindrica Simpson, 1900)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Nodularia (sec. Lanceolaria)Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
ArconaiaSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Haas (1924), Thiele (1934), ... Fukata & Iigo (2020), Wu et al. (2020), Sano et al. (2020), Kim et al. (2021), Xiang et al. (2025)
Nodularia (sec. Cylindrica)Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
NodulariaSimpson (1900)
Unio (Nodularia)Dautzenberg & Fischer (1905)
Unio (Lanceolaria)Martens (1905)
UnioDautzenberg & Fischer (1908)
LanceolariaHaas (1911), Haas (1924), Zhadin (1938), Kira (1954), Kira (1959), ... Lopes-Lima et al. (2024), Wu et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2025), Xiang et al. (2025)
Nodularia (Lanceolaria)Preston (1912)
Lanceolaria (s.s.)Thiele (1934)
Lanceolaria (sec. Pericylindrica)Thiele (1934)
Lanceolaria (Pericylindrica)Zatravkin (1983), Zatravkin & Bogatov (1987)

 
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