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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Lamellidentini | Lamellidens

species Lamellidens marginalis (Lamarck, 1819): synonymy
     252 specimens + 14 Genbank vouchers

Unio testudinarius Spengler, 1793
Spengler, 1793. Skr. Naturhist. Selsk. 3: 65, no. 30.

Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalisSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915)
Lamellidens testudinariusHaas (1969)
Lamellidens marginalisBogan (2010)
Bolotov et al. (2022)

Unio truncatus Spengler, 1793
Spengler, 1793. Skr. Naturhist. Selsk. 3: 65, no. 31.

Simpson (1900), Bolotov et al. (2022)
Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalisPreston (1912), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915)
Lamellidens testudinariusHaas (1969)

Unio anodontina Lamarck, 1819
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 80, sp. 47.
(renamed Anadontina turgida Schlüter, 1838)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE GENEVAMUSEUM_XXX, [locality unknown].

Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalisSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915)
Lamellidens testudinariusHaas (1969)

Unio marginalis Lamarck, 1819
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 247, figs. 1a-c [as Unio sp.].
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 79, sp. 41.
(renamed Unio marginalis var. typica Hanley & Theobald, 1872)
Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPE MNHN_MPL_0031, Habite au Bengale, dans les rizières [sic]... La variété [b] vient de l’ile de Ceylon....Mon cabinet. [Lives in Bengal, in rice [sic]... The [b] variety comes from the island of Ceylon...My cabinet. ].

Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalisSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915)
Lamellidens marginalisOrtmann (1912), Prashad (1919), Annandale & Prashad (1921), Prashad (1922), Thiele (1934), ... Pavan-Kumar et al. (2022), Wu et al. (2023), Imsong & Murali (2023), Wu et al. (2024), Wu et al. (2024)
Lamellidens testudinariusHaas (1969)
Lamellidens aff. marginalis sp. 1Bolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2017), Huang et al. (2019)
Lamellidens aff. marginalis sp. 2Bolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2017), Huang et al. (2019)
Lamellidens aff. marginalis sp. 3Bolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2018), Huang et al. (2019)
Lamellidens aff. marginalis sp. 4Bolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2017), Huang et al. (2019)
Lamellidens aff. marginalis sp. 5Bolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2017), Huang et al. (2019)
Lamellidens (marginalis-group) marginalisBolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2024)

Symphynota bilineata Lea, 1831
Lea, 1831. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 4 [O. 1]: 98, pl. 11, fig. 19.
Type(s): SYNTYPES ANSP_41876, River Hoogley [about 100 mi above Calcutta] Hindostan.

Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalisSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915)
Lamellidens testudinariusHaas (1969)
Lamellidens (marginalis-group) marginalisBolotov et al. (2022)

Anadontina turgida Schlüter, 1838
Schlüter, 1838. Kurzgef. Syst. Verz. Conch. Samml.: 32.
(new name for Unio anodontina Lamarck, 1819)

Unio evanescens Mousson, 1849
Mousson, 1849. Land-Süßw.-Moll. Java: 91, pl. 17 [10], fig. 2.

Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalisSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915)
Lamellidens marginalisvan Benthem Jutting (1953)

Unio ligula Mousson, 1849
Mousson, 1849. Land-Süßw.-Moll. Java: 94.

Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969)
Lamellidens marginalisvan Benthem Jutting (1953)

Unio thwaitesii Lea, 1859
Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 152 [as ‘thwaitsii’].
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 246 [64], pl. 37, fig. 125.
(correct name for Unio thwaitsii Lea, 1859)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965179, Ceylon.

Lamellidens (s.s.) thwaitesiiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. thwaitesiPreston (1912)
Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis thwaitesiiPreston (1915)
Lamellidens testudinariusHaas (1969)
Lamellidens marginalisBieler (2021)
Lamellidens (marginalis-group) marginalisBolotov et al. (2022)

Unio thwaitsii Lea, 1859
Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 152.
(incorrect original spelling of Unio thwaitesii Lea, 1859)

Lamellidens marginalisBieler (2021)

Unio marginalis var. cylindrica Hanley & Theobald, 1872
Hanley & Theobald, 1872. Conch. Indica (3): 20, pl. 44, fig. 1.
(homonym of Unio cylindricus Say, 1817; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio marginalis Lamarck, 1819)
Type(s): UNKNOWN BMNH_429-06-1-1, Poonassa.

Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. cylindricusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. cylindricaPreston (1915)
Lamellidens testudinariusHaas (1969)

Unio marginalis var. typica Hanley & Theobald, 1872
Hanley & Theobald, 1872. Conch. Indica (3): 20, pl. 43, fig. 2.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio marginalis Lamarck, 1819; new name for Unio marginalis Lamarck, 1819)

Lamellidens marginalis var. hanleyi Simpson, 1900
Hanley & Theobald, 1872. Conch. Indica (3): 20, pl. 44, fig. 4 [as ‘Unio marginalis var. corriana’].
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 855.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1169.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio marginalis Lamarck, 1819)

Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. hanleyiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915)
Lamellidens testudinariusHaas (1969)

Unio anadontina Schlüter, 1838
‘Lam.’ Schlüter, 1838. Kurzgef. Syst. Verz. Conch. Samml.: 32.
(error for Unio anodontina Lamarck, 1819)

Unio marginata Swainson, 1840
‘Lamarck’ Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 278.
(error for Unio marginalis Lamarck, 1819)

Unio anodontinus Küster, 1861
‘Lamarck’ Küster, 1861. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 240, pl. 80, fig. 5.
(reference to Unio anodontina Lamarck, 1819)

Unio corrianus Sowerby, 1868
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 77, sp. 401.
(misidentified reference to Unio corrianus Lea, 1834)

Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. obesusSimpson (1900), Preston (1912)
Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. obesaSimpson (1914), Preston (1915)

Unio consobrinus Hanley & Theobald, 1872
‘Lea’ Hanley & Theobald, 1872. Conch. Indica (3): 19, pl. 41, fig. 7.
(misidentified reference to Unio consobrinus Lea, 1860)

Lamellidens (s.s.) thwaitesiiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. thwaitesiPreston (1912)
Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis thwaitesiiPreston (1915)

Unio thwaitesii Hanley & Theobald, 1872
‘Lea’ Hanley & Theobald, 1872. Conch. Indica (3): 20, pl. 43, fig. 1.
(reference to Unio thwaitesii Lea, 1859)

Lamellidens (s.s.) thwaitesiiSimpson (1900)
Lamellidens (s.s.) generosusSimpson (1914)
Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis thwaitesiiPreston (1915)

Unio marginalis var. corriana Hanley & Theobald, 1872
Hanley & Theobald, 1872. Conch. Indica (3): 20, pl. 44, fig. 4.
(misidentified reference to Unio corrianus Lea, 1834)

Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. hanleyiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915)

Lamellidens corrianus Lopes-Lima et al., 2021
Lopes-Lima et al., 2021. MPE 163: Table S1.
(misidentified reference to Unio corrianus Lea, 1834)

Lamellidens (corrianus-group) corrianusBolotov et al. (2024)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalisSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915)
Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969), Bolotov et al. (2022)
Lamellidens (s.s.) thwaitesiiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. obesusSimpson (1900), Preston (1912)
Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. hanleyiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915)
Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. cylindricusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lamellidens marginalisOrtmann (1912), Prashad (1919), Annandale & Prashad (1921), Prashad (1922), Thiele (1934), ... Pavan-Kumar et al. (2022), Wu et al. (2023), Imsong & Murali (2023), Wu et al. (2024), Wu et al. (2024)
Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. thwaitesiPreston (1912)
Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. obesaSimpson (1914), Preston (1915)
Lamellidens (s.s.) generosusSimpson (1914)
Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis thwaitesiiPreston (1915)
Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. cylindricaPreston (1915)
Lamellidens testudinariusHaas (1969)
Lamellidens aff. marginalis sp. 1Bolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2017), Huang et al. (2019)
Lamellidens aff. marginalis sp. 2Bolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2017), Huang et al. (2019)
Lamellidens aff. marginalis sp. 3Bolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2018), Huang et al. (2019)
Lamellidens aff. marginalis sp. 4Bolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2017), Huang et al. (2019)
Lamellidens aff. marginalis sp. 5Bolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2017), Huang et al. (2019)
Lamellidens (marginalis-group) marginalisBolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2024)
Lamellidens (corrianus-group) corrianusBolotov et al. (2024)

 
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