MUSSELp
 
MUSSELpdb
 
 
Taxonomy
 
 
Geography
 
 
 

Page last updated
Thu 3 September 2025

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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

Search the database pages:

Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Delphinonaias

species Delphinonaias largillierti (Philippi, 1847): synonymy
     45 specimens

Unio largillierti Philippi, 1847
Philippi, 1847. Z. Malak. 4: 94.
Type(s): NEOTYPE MCZ_155569 (by R.I. Johnson, 1951: 79), San Geronimo, Campeche, Mexico. “Interior of Yucatan” according to the MCZ database.

Lampsilis (Proptera) largilliertiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (Metaptera) paludosusMartens (1900)
Frierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Potamilus largilliertiGraf & Cummings (2007)
Delphinonaias largilliertiGraf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023), Cummings et al. (2025)

Unio delphinulus Morelet, 1849
Morelet, 1849. Test. Nov. 1: 31.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE BMNH_93-2-4-1588 (by Cummings et al., 2025: 164), Lac de Flores, Peten, Guatemala.

Lampsilis (Proptera) delphinulusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (Metaptera) delphinulusMartens (1900)
Lampsilis (Delphinonaias) delphinulusFrierson (1927), Haas (1929), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Lampsilis (sec. Delphinonaias) delphinulusThiele (1934)
Leptodea paludosaGoodrich & van der Schalie (1937)
Delphinonaias delphinulusGraf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Zieritz et al. (2013)
Delphinonaias largilliertiGraf & Cummings (2021), Cummings et al. (2025)

Unio paludosus Morelet, 1849
Morelet, 1849. Test. Nov. 1: 30.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE BMNH_93-2-4-2024 (by R.I. Johnson, 1971: 90), propre San Geronimo, Yucatan.

Lampsilis (Proptera) paludosusSimpson (1900)
Unio (Metaptera) paludosusMartens (1900)
Lampsilis (Proptera) paludosaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Delphinonaias) paludosaFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (sec. Phyllonaias) paludosusThiele (1934)
Leptodea paludosaGoodrich & van der Schalie (1937)
Lampsilis (Phyllonaias) paludosaHaas (1969), Haas (1969)
Delphinonaias paludosaGraf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010)
Delphinonaias largilliertiGraf & Cummings (2021), Cummings et al. (2025)

Unio planivalvis Morelet, 1851
Morelet, 1851. Test. Nov. 2: 24.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] BMNH_93-2-4-2025 (by R.I. Johnson, 1971: 91), pres du Rio Usumacinta, Dept. Peten, Guatemala.

Lampsilis (Proptera) planivalvisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (Metaptera) paludosus var. planivalvisMartens (1900)
Frierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Delphinonaias) planivalvisHaas (1929)
Leptodea paludosaGoodrich & van der Schalie (1937)
Lampsilis (Phyllonaias) planivalvisHaas (1969)
Delphinonaias planivalvisGraf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Czaja et al. (2023)
Delphinonaias largilliertiGraf & Cummings (2021), Cummings et al. (2025)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Lampsilis (Proptera) largilliertiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (Metaptera) paludosusMartens (1900)
Lampsilis (Proptera) delphinulusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (Metaptera) delphinulusMartens (1900)
Lampsilis (Proptera) paludosusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Proptera) planivalvisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (Metaptera) paludosus var. planivalvisMartens (1900)
Lampsilis (Proptera) paludosaSimpson (1914)
Frierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Lampsilis (Delphinonaias) delphinulusFrierson (1927), Haas (1929), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Lampsilis (Delphinonaias) paludosaFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Delphinonaias) planivalvisHaas (1929)
Lampsilis (sec. Delphinonaias) delphinulusThiele (1934)
Lampsilis (sec. Phyllonaias) paludosusThiele (1934)
Leptodea paludosaGoodrich & van der Schalie (1937)
Lampsilis (Phyllonaias) paludosaHaas (1969), Haas (1969)
Lampsilis (Phyllonaias) planivalvisHaas (1969)
Potamilus largilliertiGraf & Cummings (2007)
Delphinonaias delphinulusGraf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Zieritz et al. (2013)
Delphinonaias paludosaGraf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010)
Delphinonaias planivalvisGraf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Czaja et al. (2023)
Delphinonaias largilliertiGraf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023), Cummings et al. (2025)

 
NSF icon MUSSEL icon
"Making the world a better place, one mollusk at a time."