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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Lampsilis species Lampsilis radiata (Gmelin, 1791): synonymy 9 specimens Mya anatina Gronovius, 1781 Gronovius, 1781. Zoophylacium Gronovianum: ??. | |
Mya radiata Gmelin, 1791
Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 23, pl. 2, fig. 7 [as ‘Mya pictorum tenuis’]. Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3220, sp. 9. [in part]
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) radiatus — Simpson (1900) Lampsilis radiata — Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910), Ortmann (1912), F.C. Baker (1928), ... FMCS (2021), Stodola et al. (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026) Lampsilis (Eurynia) radiata — Simpson (1914) Lampsilis (Ligumia) radiata — Frierson (1927) Unio radiatus — Henderson (1935) Ligumia radiata radiata — Haas (1969) Lampsilis (s.s.) radiata radiata — R.I. Johnson (1970) Lampsilis radiata radiata — Clarke (1973), Burch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Mackie et al. (1980), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Bogan (2002), Kneeland & Rhymer (2007), ITIS (2012) | |
Unio luteola Lamarck, 1819 Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 79, sp. 40.
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) luteolus — Simpson (1900) Unio (s.s.) luteolus — Call (1900) Lampsilis luteola — Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910), Ortmann (1912), Utterback (1916), Ortmann (1918), Ortmann (1918), Morrison (1969) Lampsilis (Eurynia) luteola — Simpson (1914) Lampsilis luteolus — Vanatta (1915) Lampsilis siliquoidea — Ortmann & Walker (1922), F.C. Baker (1928), Vidrine (1993), IUCN (2012), Krebs et al. (2013) Lampsilis (s.s.) cariosa — Frierson (1927) Lampsilis (Ligumia) fasciata — Frierson (1927) Lampsilis radiata siliquoidea — Murray & Leonard (1962), Mathiak (1979), R.I. Johnson (1980) Lampsilis radiata radiata — R.I. Johnson (1969), Clarke (1973), Burch (1975) Lampsilis (s.s.) radiata radiata — R.I. Johnson (1970) Lampsilis radiata luteola — Oesch (1984), Krebs et al. (2003), Krebs (2004), Watters et al. (2009) Lampsilis radiata — Strayer & Jirka (1997) Lampsilis radiate [sic] luteola — Kongim et al. (2015) | |
Unio lineata Bory de St. Vincent, 1827
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 248, fig. 5 [as Unio sp.]. ‘Val.’ Bory de St. Vincent, 1827. Encycl. Méth. 2: 151.
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) radiatus — Simpson (1900) Lampsilis (Eurynia) radiata — Simpson (1914) Lampsilis (Ligumia) radiata — Frierson (1927) Ligumia radiata radiata — Haas (1969) Lampsilis (s.s.) radiata radiata — R.I. Johnson (1970) Lampsilis radiata radiata — Burch (1975) | |
Unio oblongatus Wood, 1828 Wood, 1828. Suppl. Index Testac.: 2 [as ‘Mya oblongata’]. Wood, 1828. Suppl. Index Testac.: 57, pl. 1, sp. 2. Wood in Hanley, 1856. Index Testac.: 199, pl. 1, fig. 2.
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) radiatus — Simpson (1900) Lampsilis (Eurynia) radiata — Simpson (1914) Lampsilis (Ligumia) radiata — Frierson (1927) Ligumia radiata radiata — Haas (1969) Lampsilis (s.s.) radiata radiata — R.I. Johnson (1970) Lampsilis radiata radiata — Burch (1975) | |
Unio tenebrosus Conrad, 1834 Conrad, 1834. New Fresh-Water Shells: 42, pl. 7, fig. 1. Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 258.
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) radiatus — Simpson (1900) Lampsilis (Eurynia) radiata — Simpson (1914) Lampsilis (Ligumia) radiata-tenebrosa — Frierson (1927) Ligumia radiata tenebrosa — Haas (1969) Lampsilis (s.s.) radiata radiata — R.I. Johnson (1970) Lampsilis radiata radiata — Burch (1975) | |
Unio melinus Conrad, 1838 Conrad, 1838. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(11): 101, pl. 56, fig. 1.
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) radiatus — Simpson (1900) Lampsilis (Eurynia) radiata — Simpson (1914) Lampsilis (Ligumia) radiata-mellina [sic] — Frierson (1927) Ligumia radiata radiata — Haas (1969) Lampsilis (s.s.) radiata radiata — R.I. Johnson (1970) Lampsilis radiata radiata — Burch (1975) | |
Unio elongata Goodrich, 1859 Goodrich, 1859. Ill. Nat. Hist. 2: 523, text fig. (homonym of Unio elongata Lamarck, 1819)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) radiatus — Simpson (1900) Lampsilis (Eurynia) radiata — Simpson (1914) Lampsilis (Ligumia) radiata — Frierson (1927) — Haas (1969) Lampsilis (s.s.) radiata radiata — R.I. Johnson (1970) Lampsilis radiata radiata — Burch (1975) | |
Unio obliquiradiatus Reeve, 1865
Reeve, 1865. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 29, sp. 151.
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) radiatus — Simpson (1900) Lampsilis (Eurynia) radiata — Simpson (1914) Lampsilis (Ligumia) radiata — Frierson (1927) Ligumia radiata radiata — Haas (1969) Lampsilis (s.s.) radiata radiata — R.I. Johnson (1970) Lampsilis radiata radiata — Burch (1975) | |
Unio virginana Reeve, 1865 ‘Lamarck’ of Authors. Reeve, 1865. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 27, sp. 139. Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 536. (misidentified reference to Unio virginiana Lamarck, 1819)
Lampsilis (s.s.) radiata radiata — R.I. Johnson (1970) | |
Unio radiatoides Lea, 1868 Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 163.
Unio radiatus — Henderson (1935) | |
Unio conspicuus Lea, 1872
Lea, 1872. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 24: 156. Lea, 1874. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 34 [38], pl. 11, fig. 31. Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85056, Yadkin R., near Salisbury, Rowan Co., N. Carolina.
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) radiatus var. conspicuus — Simpson (1900) Lampsilis (Eurynia) radiata var. conspicua — Simpson (1914) Lampsilis (Ligumia) radiata-tenebrosa — Frierson (1927) Ligumia radiata tenebrosa — Haas (1969) Lampsilis (s.s.) radiata radiata — R.I. Johnson (1970) Lampsilis radiata radiata — Burch (1975) Lampsilis radiata conspicua — Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Bogan (2002), ITIS (2012) Lampsilis radiata — Williams et al. (2017) | |
Unio borealis Gray, 1882
Gray, 1882. Trans. Ottawa Field Nat. Club 1(3): 53, pl. Type(s): LECTOTYPE MCZ_51470 (by R.I. Johnson, 1956: 108), Ottawa River, Duck Island, Ontario, Canada.
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) borealis — Simpson (1900) Lampsilis (Eurynia) borealis — Simpson (1914) Lampsilis (Ligumia) borealis — Frierson (1927) Lampsilis borealis — F.C. Baker (1928) Ligumia borealis — Haas (1969) Lampsilis radiata siliquoidea — Burch (1975) Lampsilis radiata — Strayer & Jirka (1997) | |
Unio mellinus Paetel, 1890 ‘Conrad’ of Authors. Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 159. Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 72, sp. 316a. (error for Unio melinus Conrad, 1838)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) radiatus — Simpson (1900) Lampsilis (Eurynia) radiata — Simpson (1914) | |
Unio muhlfeldianus var. plurimaffinis de Gregorio, 1914 de Gregorio, 1914. Il Nat. Siciliano 2: 39, pl. 3, figs. 2a-d. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio muhlfeldianus Lea, 1838)
Unio muhlfeldianus var. plurimaffinis — de Gregorio (1914) Ligumia radiata radiata — Haas (1969) | |
Lampsilis radiata oneidensis F.C. Baker, 1916
F.C. Baker, 1916. Nautilus 30: 74, pl. 2, figs. 1-4. F.C. Baker, 1918. Techn. Pub. Syracuse Univ., New York (9): 247, text fig. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Mya radiata Gmelin, 1791) Type(s): SYNTYPES ANSP_114854, Lower South Bay, Oneida Lake, N.Y.
Lampsilis (Ligumia) radiata-oneidensis — Frierson (1927) Ligumia radiata radiata — Haas (1969) Lampsilis (s.s.) radiata radiata — R.I. Johnson (1970) Lampsilis radiata radiata — Burch (1975) Lampsilis radiata — Strayer & Jirka (1997) | |
Lampsilis (s.s.) fullerkati R.I. Johnson, 1984
Kat, 1983. J. Moll. Studies 49: 133, fig. 1B [as ‘Lampsilis sp.’]. R.I. Johnson, 1984. Occ. Pap. Moll. 4(63): 307, pl. 42, figs. 1-3. Type(s): HOLOTYPE MCZ_294576, West shore of Lake Waccamaw, Waccamaw, Columbia Co., North Carolina.
Lampsilis sp. — Kat (1983) Lampsilis fullerkati — Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), IUCN (1996), Turgeon et al. (1998), Bogan (2002), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), ITIS (2012), Haag (2012) Lampsilis radiata — Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), Porto-Hannes et al. (2021) | |
Lampsilis radiata champlainensis of Authors, unknown year
Pilsbry, in coll. ANSP of Authors. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Mya radiata Gmelin, 1791) Type(s): MANUSCRIPT NAME ANSP_128409, head of Willsboro Bay, L. Champlain, Essex Co., N.Y. | |
Mya pictorum tenuis Martini & Chemnitz, 1782 Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 23, pl. 2, fig. 7. [pre-linnaean] | |
Mya elongata Reeve, 1865 ‘Wood’ Reeve, 1865. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 137, sp. 139. (error for Unio oblongatus Wood, 1828) | |
Unio virginea Frierson, 1927 ‘Lamarck’ Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 72. (error for Unio virginana Reeve, 1865)
Lampsilis (s.s.) radiata radiata — R.I. Johnson (1970) Lampsilis radiata radiata — Burch (1975) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) radiatus — Simpson (1900) Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) luteolus — Simpson (1900) Unio (s.s.) luteolus — Call (1900) Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) radiatus var. conspicuus — Simpson (1900) Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) borealis — Simpson (1900) Lampsilis radiata — Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910), Ortmann (1912), F.C. Baker (1928), ... FMCS (2021), Stodola et al. (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026) Lampsilis luteola — Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910), Ortmann (1912), Utterback (1916), Ortmann (1918), Ortmann (1918), Morrison (1969) Lampsilis (Eurynia) radiata — Simpson (1914) Lampsilis (Eurynia) luteola — Simpson (1914) Lampsilis (Eurynia) radiata var. conspicua — Simpson (1914) Lampsilis (Eurynia) borealis — Simpson (1914) Unio muhlfeldianus var. plurimaffinis — de Gregorio (1914) Lampsilis luteolus — Vanatta (1915) Lampsilis siliquoidea — Ortmann & Walker (1922), F.C. Baker (1928), Vidrine (1993), IUCN (2012), Krebs et al. (2013) Lampsilis (Ligumia) radiata — Frierson (1927) Lampsilis (s.s.) cariosa — Frierson (1927) Lampsilis (Ligumia) fasciata — Frierson (1927) Lampsilis (Ligumia) radiata-tenebrosa — Frierson (1927) Lampsilis (Ligumia) radiata-mellina [sic] — Frierson (1927) Lampsilis (Ligumia) borealis — Frierson (1927) Lampsilis (Ligumia) radiata-oneidensis — Frierson (1927) Lampsilis borealis — F.C. Baker (1928) Unio radiatus — Henderson (1935) Lampsilis radiata siliquoidea — Murray & Leonard (1962), Burch (1975), Mathiak (1979), R.I. Johnson (1980) Ligumia radiata radiata — Haas (1969) Lampsilis radiata radiata — R.I. Johnson (1969), Clarke (1973), Burch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Mackie et al. (1980), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Bogan (2002), Kneeland & Rhymer (2007), ITIS (2012) Ligumia radiata tenebrosa — Haas (1969) — Haas (1969) Ligumia borealis — Haas (1969) Lampsilis (s.s.) radiata radiata — R.I. Johnson (1970) Lampsilis sp. — Kat (1983) Lampsilis radiata luteola — Oesch (1984), Krebs et al. (2003), Krebs (2004), Watters et al. (2009) Lampsilis radiata conspicua — Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Bogan (2002), ITIS (2012) Lampsilis fullerkati — Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), IUCN (1996), Turgeon et al. (1998), Bogan (2002), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), ITIS (2012), Haag (2012) Lampsilis radiate [sic] luteola — Kongim et al. (2015)
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