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

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species Cambarunio iris (Lea, 1829): synonymy
     15 specimens + 2 Genbank vouchers

Unio iris Lea, 1829
Lea, 1829. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3 [O. 1]: 439, pl. 11, fig. 18.
Type(s): SYNTYPES USNM_86035, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) irisSimpson (1900)
Unio (s.s.) irisCall (1900)
Lampsilis irisOrtmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910)
Eurynia (Micromya) irisOrtmann (1912), Utterback (1916)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) (Group of Lampsilis iris) irisSimpson (1914)
Unio irisde Gregorio (1914)
Micromya irisOrtmann (1924), Ortmann (1925)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) nervosaFrierson (1927)
Ligumia nervosaHaas (1969)
Villosa irisBurch (1975), Gordon et al. (1979), Mathiak (1979), R.I. Johnson (1980), Mackie et al. (1980), ... Bolotov et al. (2020), Inoue et al. (2020), Klymus et al. (2020), Gasparini et al. (2020), Jeratthitikul et al. (2022)
Cambarunio irisWatters (2018), Pfeiffer et al. (2019), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

Unio creperus Lea, 1838
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 28. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 33, pl. 10, fig. 28.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_85264, Tennessee.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) irisSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) (Group of Lampsilis iris) irisSimpson (1914)
Eurynia nebulosusOrtmann (1918)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) nervosaFrierson (1927)
Ligumia nervosaHaas (1969)
Villosa irisOesch (1984), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Cambarunio irisWatters (2018)

Unio glaber Lea, 1838
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 29. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 34, pl. 10, fig. 29.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85266, Holston R., Tenn.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) nebulosusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) (Group of Lampsilis iris) nebulosaSimpson (1914)
Unio glaber, aff.de Gregorio (1914)
Eurynia nebulosusOrtmann (1918)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) nebulosaFrierson (1927)
Ligumia nebulosaHaas (1969)
Villosa irisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Cambarunio irisWatters (2018)

Unio novieboraci Lea, 1838
Lea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 104, pl. 24, fig. 114 [as ‘novi-eboraci’].
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_86042 (by R.I. Johnson, 1974: 100), Oak Orchard Cr., N.Y.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) irisSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) (Group of Lampsilis iris) irisSimpson (1914)
Micromya irisOrtmann (1925)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) nervosaFrierson (1927)
Ligumia (Micromya) iris novieboraciF.C. Baker (1928)
Ligumia nervosaHaas (1969)
Villosa irisOesch (1984), Strayer & Jirka (1997), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)
Cambarunio irisWatters (2018)

Unio obscurus Lea, 1838
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 26. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 7, pl. 3, fig. 7.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85128, Tennessee.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) obscurusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) (Group of Lampsilis subrostrata) obscuraSimpson (1914)
Unio obscurusde Gregorio (1914)
Eurynia nebulosusOrtmann (1918)
Micromya nebulosaOrtmann (1924)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) vanuxemensisFrierson (1927)
Ligumia vanuxemensisHaas (1969)
Villosa nebulosaBurch (1975)
Villosa irisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Leaunio vanuxemensisWatters (2018)

Unio zeiglerianus Lea, 1838
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 26. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 32, pl. 10, fig. 27.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85130, Cumberland R., Tenn.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) obscurusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) (Group of Lampsilis subrostrata) obscuraSimpson (1914)
Eurynia nebulosusOrtmann (1918)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) zeiglerianaFrierson (1927)
Ligumia zeiglerianaHaas (1969)
Villosa irisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Leaunio vanuxemensisWatters (2018)

Unio amoenus Lea, 1840
Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 286 [as ‘amœnus’].
Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 200, pl. 10, fig. 12 [as ‘amœnus’].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85070, Holston R., Tenn.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) amœnusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) (Group of Lampsilis iris) amœnaSimpson (1914)
Eurynia nebulosusOrtmann (1918)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) nervosaFrierson (1927)
Ligumia nervosaHaas (1969)
Villosa nebulosaBurch (1975)
Villosa irisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Cambarunio irisWatters (2018)

Unio fatuus Lea, 1840
Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 287.
Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 201, pl. 11, fig. 14.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86047, Holston R., Tenn.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) fatuusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) (Group of Lampsilis iris) fatuaSimpson (1914)
Unio fatuus, var.de Gregorio (1914)
Eurynia nebulosusOrtmann (1918)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) nervosaFrierson (1927)
Ligumia nervosaHaas (1969)
Villosa irisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Cambarunio irisWatters (2018)

Unio tener Lea, 1840
Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 286.
Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 198, pl. 10, fig. 10.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85026, Big Pigeon R., Tenn.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) tenerSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) (Group of Lampsilis iris) teneraSimpson (1914)
de Gregorio (1914)
Eurynia nebulosusOrtmann (1918)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) teneraFrierson (1927)
Ligumia teneraHaas (1969)
Villosa irisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Cambarunio irisWatters (2018)

Unio regularis Lea, 1841
Lea, 1841. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 2: 82.
Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 243, pl. 25, fig. 59.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85067, French Broad River, E Tenn.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) tenerSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) (Group of Lampsilis iris) teneraSimpson (1914)
de Gregorio (1914)
Eurynia nebulosusOrtmann (1918)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) teneraFrierson (1927)
Ligumia teneraHaas (1969)
Villosa irisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Cambarunio irisWatters (2018)

Unio puniceus Haldeman, 1842
Haldeman, 1842. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8: 201.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) puniceusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) (Group of Lampsilis subrostrata) puniceaSimpson (1914)
Eurynia nebulosusOrtmann (1918)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) vanuxemensisFrierson (1927)
Ligumia vanuxemensisHaas (1969)
Villosa irisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Cambarunio irisWatters (2018)

Unio zieglerianus Hanley, 1843
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 193.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 260.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 45.
(error for Unio zeiglerianus Lea, 1838)

Unio perpictus Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 306.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 350, pl. 58, fig. 175.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85034, Bull R., Tenn.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) nebulosusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) (Group of Lampsilis iris) nebulosaSimpson (1914)
Eurynia nebulosusOrtmann (1918)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) nebulosaFrierson (1927)
Ligumia nebulosaHaas (1969)
Villosa irisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Cambarunio irisWatters (2018)

Unio scitulus Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 93.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 42, pl. 55, fig. 167.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85084, Tuscumbia, Alabama.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) nebulosusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) (Group of Lampsilis iris) nebulosaSimpson (1914)
Eurynia nebulosusOrtmann (1918)
Micromya nebulosaOrtmann (1925)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) nebulosaFrierson (1927)
Ligumia nebulosaHaas (1969)
Villosa nebulosaBurch (1975)
Villosa irisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Cambarunio irisWatters (2018)

Unio cressurus Binney, 1864
Binney, 1864. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (174): 57.
(error for Unio cresserus Hanley, 1843)

Ligumia nervosaHaas (1969)

Unio subrostratus Reeve, 1864
‘Say’ Reeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 17, sp. 78; errata [changed to ‘U. patulus Lea’].
(misidentified reference to Unio subrostratus Say, 1831; error for Unio patulus Lea, 1829)

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) irisSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) (Group of Lampsilis iris) irisSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) nervosaFrierson (1927)
Haas (1969)

Unio opalinus J.G. Anthony, 1866
J.G. Anthony, 1866. Amer. J. Conch. 2(2): 146, pl. 7, fig. 2.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MCZ_161893, Michigan.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) irisSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) (Group of Lampsilis iris) irisSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) fasciata-opalinaFrierson (1927)
Ligumia siliquoidea siliquoideaHaas (1969)
Villosa irisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)
Cambarunio irisWatters (2018)

Unio dispansus Lea, 1871
Lea, 1871. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 23: 191.
Lea, 1874. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 19 [23], pl. 6, fig. 16.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85094, E Tennessee.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) vanuxemensisSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) (Group of Lampsilis subrostrata) vanuxemensisSimpson (1914)
Eurynia nebulosusOrtmann (1918)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) vanuxemensisFrierson (1927)
Ligumia vanuxemensisHaas (1969)
Villosa irisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Leaunio vanuxemensisWatters (2018)

Lampsilis (Ligumia) nervosa Frierson, 1927
‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 77, sp. 336.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 445.
(misidentified reference to Unio (Leptodea) nervosa Rafinesque, 1820)

Villosa irisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Watters et al. (2009)
Cambarunio irisWatters (2018)

Unio cresserus Hanley, 1843
‘Lea’ Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 196.
(error for Unio creperus Lea, 1838)

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) irisSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) (Group of Lampsilis iris) irisSimpson (1914)
Ligumia nervosaHaas (1969)
Villosa irisParmalee & Bogan (1998)

Unio radiatus De Kay, 1843
‘Gmelin’ De Kay, 1843. Zool. New York 5: 189, pl. 18. fig. 236.
(misidentified reference to Mya radiata Gmelin, 1791)

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) irisSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) (Group of Lampsilis iris) irisSimpson (1914)
Villosa irisOesch (1984), Parmalee & Bogan (1998)

Unio amaenus Lea, 1852
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 29 [as ‘amænus’].
‘Lea’ Hanley, 1856. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 386 [as ‘amænus’].
(error for Unio amoenus Lea, 1840)

Unio subrostratus Küster, 1861
‘Say’ Küster, 1861. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 203, pl. 67, fig. 3.
(misidentified reference to Unio subrostratus Say, 1831)

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) irisSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) (Group of Lampsilis iris) irisSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) nebulosaFrierson (1927)
Villosa irisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Watters et al. (2009)

Unio subrostratus Küster, 1861
‘Say’ Küster, 1861. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 203, pl. 68, fig. 1.
(misidentified reference to Unio subrostratus Say, 1831)

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) subrostratusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) (Group of Lampsilis iris) nebulosaSimpson (1914)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) irisSimpson (1900)
Unio (s.s.) irisCall (1900)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) nebulosusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) obscurusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) amœnusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) fatuusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) tenerSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) puniceusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) subrostratusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) vanuxemensisSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis irisOrtmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910)
Eurynia (Micromya) irisOrtmann (1912), Utterback (1916)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) (Group of Lampsilis iris) irisSimpson (1914)
Unio irisde Gregorio (1914)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) (Group of Lampsilis iris) nebulosaSimpson (1914)
Unio glaber, aff.de Gregorio (1914)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) (Group of Lampsilis subrostrata) obscuraSimpson (1914)
Unio obscurusde Gregorio (1914)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) (Group of Lampsilis iris) amœnaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) (Group of Lampsilis iris) fatuaSimpson (1914)
Unio fatuus, var.de Gregorio (1914)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) (Group of Lampsilis iris) teneraSimpson (1914)
de Gregorio (1914), Haas (1969)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) (Group of Lampsilis subrostrata) puniceaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) (Group of Lampsilis subrostrata) vanuxemensisSimpson (1914)
Eurynia nebulosusOrtmann (1918)
Micromya irisOrtmann (1924), Ortmann (1925)
Micromya nebulosaOrtmann (1924), Ortmann (1925)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) nervosaFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) nebulosaFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) vanuxemensisFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) zeiglerianaFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) teneraFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) fasciata-opalinaFrierson (1927)
Ligumia (Micromya) iris novieboraciF.C. Baker (1928)
Ligumia nervosaHaas (1969)
Ligumia nebulosaHaas (1969)
Ligumia vanuxemensisHaas (1969)
Ligumia zeiglerianaHaas (1969)
Ligumia teneraHaas (1969)
Ligumia siliquoidea siliquoideaHaas (1969)
Villosa irisBurch (1975), Gordon et al. (1979), Mathiak (1979), R.I. Johnson (1980), Mackie et al. (1980), ... Bolotov et al. (2020), Inoue et al. (2020), Klymus et al. (2020), Gasparini et al. (2020), Jeratthitikul et al. (2022)
Villosa nebulosaBurch (1975)
Cambarunio irisWatters (2018), Pfeiffer et al. (2019), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Leaunio vanuxemensisWatters (2018)

 
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