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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 generosus (Gould, 1847): synonymy
     58 specimens + 61 Genbank vouchers

Unio generosus Gould, 1847
Gould, 1847. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 2(19): 220.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MCZ_169449, Newville, Tavoy, British Burmah.

Lamellidens (s.s.) generosusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. generosusPreston (1912)
Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis generosusPreston (1915)
Lamellidens generosusPrashad (1922), Haas (1969), Subba Rao (1989), Graf & Cummings (2007), Ramakrishna & Dey (2007), ... Bolotov et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Wu et al. (2021), Bolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2022)
Lamellidens cf. generosusBolotov et al. (2017)
Lamellidens (marginalis-group) generosusBolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2024)

Unio tricolor Küster, 1856
Küster, 1856. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 156, pl. 45, fig. 1.

Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. tricolorSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915)
Lamellidens marginalis var. tricolorPallary (1909)
Lamellidens generosusPrashad (1922)
Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1936), Daget (1998)
Lamellidens testudinariusHaas (1969)

Unio consobrinus Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 331.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 272 [90], pl. 45, fig. 152.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85178, China.

Lamellidens (s.s.) consobrinusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lamellidens consobrinusOrtmann (1912), Annandale & Prashad (1921), Subba Rao (1989), Nesemann et al. (2003), Graf & Cummings (2007), Ramakrishna & Dey (2007), Nesemann et al. (2007), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2010), Zieritz et al. (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. consobrinusPreston (1912)
Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis consobrinusPreston (1915)
Lamellidens testudinariusHaas (1969)
Lamellidens (marginalis-group) generosusBolotov et al. (2022)

Unio pulcher Tapparone Canefri, 1889
Tapparone Canefri, 1889. Ann. Mus. Storia Nat. Genova 27: 350.
(homonym of Unio pulcher Lea, 1838; renamed Lamellidens burmanus Simpson, 1914)

Lamellidens (s.s.) pulcherSimpson (1900), Preston (1915)
Lamellidens (s.s.) burmanusSimpson (1914)
Lamellidens generosusPrashad (1922), Bolotov et al. (2022)
Trapezoideus pulcherHaas (1952)
Haas (1969)

Unio generosus var. delapsus Tapparone Canefri, 1889
Tapparone Canefri, 1889. Ann. Mus. Storia Nat. Genova 27: 352.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio generosus Gould, 1847)

Lamellidens generosusPrashad (1922), Bolotov et al. (2022)

Unio protensus var. obtusatus Tapparone Canefri, 1889
Tapparone Canefri, 1889. Ann. Mus. Storia Nat. Genova 27: 350.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio protensus Tapparone Canefri, 1889)

Lamellidens marginalisPrashad (1922)
Lamellidens generosusBolotov et al. (2022)

Unio pulcher var. lamellatiformis Tapparone Canefri, 1889
Tapparone Canefri, 1889. Ann. Mus. Storia Nat. Genova 27: 351.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio pulcher Tapparone Canefri, 1889)

Lamellidens (s.s.) pulcherPreston (1915)
Lamellidens generosusPrashad (1922), Bolotov et al. (2022)

Unio pulcher var. ponderosulus Tapparone Canefri, 1889
Tapparone Canefri, 1889. Ann. Mus. Storia Nat. Genova 27: 351.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio pulcher Tapparone Canefri, 1889)

Lamellidens (s.s.) pulcherPreston (1915)
Lamellidens lamellatusPrashad (1922)
Lamellidens generosusBolotov et al. (2022)

Unio corbeti Deschamps, 1892
Deschamps, 1892. Bull. Soc. Zool. France 17: 68, text fig.

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

Lamellidens burmanus Simpson, 1914
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1170.
(new name for Unio pulcher Tapparone Canefri, 1889)

Lamellidens (s.s.) burmanusSimpson (1914)
Lamellidens generosusPrashad (1922), Bolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2022)
Haas (1969)

Lamellidens brandti Bolotov et al., 2017
Bolotov, Konopleva et Vikhrev in Bolotov et al., 2017. Sci. Repts. 7: 7, fig. 3c, Table 3.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) RMBH_BIV243_14, Myanmar: Sittaung, Pathi River.

Lamellidens brandtiBolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2018), Huang et al. (2019), Choi et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Wu et al. (2021)
Lamellidens (marginalis-group) generosusBolotov et al. (2022)

Unio lamellatus Sowerby, 1868
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 94, sp. 511.
(misidentified reference to Unio lamellatus Lea, 1838)

Lamellidens (s.s.) generosusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. generosusPreston (1912)
Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis generosusPreston (1915)

Unio corrianus Tapparone Canefri, 1889
‘Lea’ Tapparone Canefri, 1889. Ann. Mus. Storia Nat. Genova 27: 347.
(misidentified reference to Unio corrianus Lea, 1834)

Lamellidens generosusBolotov et al. (2022)

Unio marginalis var. obesa Tapparone Canefri, 1889
‘Hanley & Theobald’ Tapparone Canefri, 1889. Ann. Mus. Storia Nat. Genova 27: 346.
(misidentified reference to Unio marginalis var. obesa Hanley & Theobald, 1872)

Lamellidens marginalisPrashad (1922)
Lamellidens generosusBolotov et al. (2022)

Unio marginalis var. zonata Tapparone Canefri, 1889
‘Hanley & Theobald’ Tapparone Canefri, 1889. Ann. Mus. Storia Nat. Genova 27: 346.
(misidentified reference to Unio marginalis var. zonata Hanley & Theobald, 1872)

Lamellidens generosusPrashad (1922), Bolotov et al. (2022)

Lamellidens pulcher var. ponderosus Preston, 1915
‘Tapparone-Canifri’ Preston, 1915. Fauna Brit. India: 185.
(error for Unio pulcher var. ponderosulus Tapparone Canefri, 1889)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Lamellidens (s.s.) generosusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. tricolorSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Preston (1915)
Lamellidens (s.s.) consobrinusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lamellidens (s.s.) pulcherSimpson (1900), Preston (1915)
Lamellidens marginalis var. tricolorPallary (1909)
Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. generosusPreston (1912)
Lamellidens consobrinusOrtmann (1912), Annandale & Prashad (1921), Subba Rao (1989), Nesemann et al. (2003), Graf & Cummings (2007), Ramakrishna & Dey (2007), Nesemann et al. (2007), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2010), Zieritz et al. (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. consobrinusPreston (1912)
Lamellidens (s.s.) burmanusSimpson (1914)
Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis generosusPreston (1915)
Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis consobrinusPreston (1915)
Lamellidens generosusPrashad (1922), Haas (1969), Subba Rao (1989), Graf & Cummings (2007), Ramakrishna & Dey (2007), ... Bolotov et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Wu et al. (2021), Bolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2022)
Lamellidens marginalisPrashad (1922)
Lamellidens lamellatusPrashad (1922)
Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1936), Haas (1969), Daget (1998)
Trapezoideus pulcherHaas (1952)
Lamellidens testudinariusHaas (1969)
Lamellidens cf. generosusBolotov et al. (2017)
Lamellidens brandtiBolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2018), Huang et al. (2019), Choi et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Wu et al. (2021)
Lamellidens (marginalis-group) generosusBolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2024)
Lamellidens (marginalis-group) marginalisBolotov et al. (2022)

 
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