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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!

The nominal species (available and otherwise) in this synonymy are listed by usage rather than strictly by publication date. The primary sorting order is by the most recent year (since 1969) that the species name was treated as valid, and then nominal species are sorted secondarily by publication year.

The taxonomic history of the valid species (since 1900) is listed at the bottom of the page.

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species Leaunio vanuxemensis (Lea, 1838): nominal species
     4 specimens available.

Unio vanuxemensis Lea, 1838
Lea, 1836, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 26. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1838, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 36, pl. 11, fig. 31.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85146, Cumberland R., Tenn.

Unio vanuxemensisLea (1838), Hanley (1843), Küster (1862), Sowerby (1866)
Margarita (Unio) vanuxemensisLea (1836), Lea (1838)
Margaron (Unio) vanuxemensisLea (1852)
Unio vanuxemiensisConrad (1853)
Unio (Hyridella) vanuxemensisAdams & Adams (1857)
Margaron (Unio) vanuxemiiLea (1870)
Unio vanuxemiiB.H. Wright (1888)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) vanuxemensisSimpson (1900)
Eurynia (Micromya) vanuxemensisOrtmann (1912), Ortmann (1915), Ortmann (1918)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) vanuxemensisSimpson (1914)
Micromya vanuxemensisOrtmann (1924), Ortmann (1925)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) vanuxemensisFrierson (1927)
Ligumia vanuxemensisHaas (1969)
Villosa vanuxemensis vanuxemensisBurch (1975), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lydeard et al. (1999), ITIS (2012)
Villosa vanuxemensisR.I. Johnson (1980), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Graf & Ó Foighil (2000), Bogan (2002), ..., Jones (2015), Williams et al. (2017), Klymus et al. (2020), Hauck et al. (2023)
Leaunio vanuxemensisWatters (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Bieler (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)

Unio nitens Lea, 1840
Lea, 1840, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 288.
Lea, 1842, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 205 [43], pl. 12, fig. 19.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85132, Long Creek, Tenn.

Unio nitensLea (1840), Conrad (1853), Küster (1861), Reeve (1865), B.H. Wright (1888)
Margaron (Unio) nitensLea (1852), Lea (1870)
Unio (Hyridella) nitensAdams & Adams (1857)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) vanuxemensisSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) vanuxemensisSimpson (1914)
Eurynia (Micromya) vanuxemensisOrtmann (1918)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) vanuxemensisFrierson (1927)
Ligumia vanuxemensisHaas (1969)
Villosa vanuxemensisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Leaunio vanuxemensisWatters (2018)

Unio vanuxemiensis Conrad, 1853
‘Lea’ Conrad, 1853, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 259.
(error for Unio vanuxemensis Lea, 1838)

Unio vanuxemiensisConrad (1853)

Unio pybasii Lea, 1858
Lea, 1858, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 40.
Lea, 1862, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 67, pl. 6, fig. 216.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85138, Tuscumbia, Alabama.

Unio pybasiiLea (1858), Lewis (1871), Lewis (1872), B.H. Wright (1888), Pilsbry & Rhoads (1896)
Margaron (Unio) pybasiiLea (1870)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) vanuxemensisSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) vanuxemensisSimpson (1914)
Eurynia (Micromya) vanuxemensisOrtmann (1918)
Micromya vanuxemensisOrtmann (1925)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) vanuxemensisFrierson (1927)
Ligumia vanuxemensisHaas (1969)
Villosa vanuxemensisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Leaunio vanuxemensisWatters (2018)

Unio copei Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 144.
Lea, 1868, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 307 [67], pl. 47, fig. 120.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85137, headwaters, N Branch Holston R., E Tenn.

Unio copeiLea (1868), Lewis (1871), B.H. Wright (1888)
Margaron (Unio) copeiLea (1870)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) vanuxemensisSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) vanuxemensisSimpson (1914)
Eurynia (Micromya) vanuxemensisOrtmann (1918)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) vanuxemensisFrierson (1927)
Ligumia vanuxemensisHaas (1969)
Villosa vanuxemensisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Leaunio vanuxemensisWatters (2018)

Unio striatus Sowerby, 1868
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 78, sp. 407.
(misidentified reference to Unio striatus Lea, 1840)

Unio striatusSowerby (1868)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) propriusSimpson (1900)
Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) holstoniaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) propriaSimpson (1914)

Margaron (Unio) vanuxemii Lea, 1870
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Lea, 1870, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 46.
B.H. Wright, 1888, Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [6].
(error for Unio vanuxemensis Lea, 1838)

Margaron (Unio) vanuxemiiLea (1870)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) vanuxemensisSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) vanuxemensisSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) vanuxemensisFrierson (1927)
Ligumia vanuxemensisHaas (1969)
Villosa vanuxemensisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Leaunio vanuxemensisWatters (2018), Bieler (2021)

Unio caliginosus Pilsbry & Rhoads, 1896
‘Conr.’ [sic] Pilsbry & Rhoads, 1896, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 48: 501.
(misidentified reference to Unio caliginosus Lea, 1845)

Unio caliginosusPilsbry & Rhoads (1896)
Eurynia (Micromya) vanuxemensisOrtmann (1918)
Villosa vanuxemensisParmalee & Bogan (1998)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) vanuxemensisSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) propriusSimpson (1900)
Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) holstoniaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Eurynia (Micromya) vanuxemensisOrtmann (1912), Ortmann (1915), Ortmann (1918)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) vanuxemensisSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) propriaSimpson (1914)
Micromya vanuxemensisOrtmann (1924), Ortmann (1925)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) vanuxemensisFrierson (1927)
Ligumia vanuxemensisHaas (1969)
Villosa vanuxemensis vanuxemensisBurch (1975), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lydeard et al. (1999), ITIS (2012)
Villosa vanuxemensisR.I. Johnson (1980), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Graf & Ó Foighil (2000), Bogan (2002), ..., Jones (2015), Williams et al. (2017), Klymus et al. (2020), Hauck et al. (2023)
Leaunio vanuxemensisWatters (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Bieler (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)

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