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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Quadrulini | Uniomerus

species Uniomerus columbensis (Lea, 1857): synonymy
     1 specimen + 1 Genbank voucher

Unio columbensis Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 31.
Lea, 1858. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 6]: 75, pl. 14, fig. 55.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85360, creeks near Columbus, Ga.

Unio (sec. Uniomerus) columbensisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (Uniomerus) tetralasmus-columbensisFrierson (1927)
Uniomerus obesusClench & Turner (1956)
Uniomerus columbensisHaas (1969), Williams et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), Williams et al. (2011), Campbell & Lydeard (2012), Williams et al. (2014), Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Neemuchwala et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023)
Uniomerus tetralasmusR.I. Johnson (1970), R.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975)
Uniomerus carolinianusBrim Box & Williams (2000)

Unio columbiensis B.H. Wright, 1888
‘Lea’ of Authors.
B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [2].
Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 148.
(error for Unio columbensis Lea, 1857)

Unio (sec. Uniomerus) columbensisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Unio (sec. Uniomerus) columbensisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (Uniomerus) tetralasmus-columbensisFrierson (1927)
Uniomerus obesusClench & Turner (1956)
Uniomerus columbensisHaas (1969), Williams et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), Williams et al. (2011), Campbell & Lydeard (2012), Williams et al. (2014), Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Neemuchwala et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023)
Uniomerus tetralasmusR.I. Johnson (1970), R.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975)
Uniomerus carolinianusBrim Box & Williams (2000)

 
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