MUSSELpdb | valid sp. Lampsilis teres synonymy

	Home \| About \| Database \| Mussel of the Month \| Publications & Presentations


MUSSELpdb
	Introduction Browse d'basing


Taxonomy
	all genera Unionidae Margaritiferidae Hyriidae Etheriidae Mycetopodidae Iridinidae Species & Genus Richness by Taxonomy


Geography
	Summary North America Central America South America Afrotropics North Eurasia East Asia Australasia Species Richness & Endemism by Geography

Page last updated
Tue 01 Jul 2025

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.

Search the database pages:

species Lampsilis teres (Rafinesque, 1820): nominal species
32 specimens available.

Unio (Eurynia) teres Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 321 [also as ‘Elliptio teres’].
Rafinesque, 1864, [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 63.
Type(s): NEOTYPE INHS_89410, Wabash River, 3.4 km SSE of Calvin, IL.

Unio (Eurynia) teres — Rafinesque (1820)
Unio teres — Ferussac (1835), Conrad (1836), Conrad (1853), Küster (1853), Adams & Adams (1857)
Margarita (Unio) anodontoides — Lea (1836), Lea (1838)
Margaron (Unio) anodontoides — Lea (1852), Lea (1870)
Unio (Elliptio) teres — Mörch (1853)
Unio (s.s.) teres — Call (1900)
Lampsilis anodontoides — Utterback (1916), Ortmann & Walker (1922), Mathiak (1979)
Lampsilis teres — Ortmann (1918), Morrison (1969), Burch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), ..., Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) teres — Frierson (1927), Haas (1930)
Ligumia teres teres — Haas (1969)
Lampsilis (s.s.) teres — R.I. Johnson (1972)
Lampsilis teres teres — Oesch (1984)

Lampsilis fallaciosus Smith, 1899
Smith, 1899, Bull. U.S. Fish. Comm. 18: 291, pl. 79 (bottom).
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_30023A, Ohio R., Sedamsville, Ohio.

Lampsilis fallaciosus — Smith (1899), Simpson (1900), Utterback (1916)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) fallaciosus — Simpson (1900)
Lampsilis anodontoides — Ortmann (1912), Mathiak (1979)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) fallaciosus — Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis anodontoides fallaciosa — Ortmann (1925), Murray & Leonard (1962)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) teres-fallaciosa — Frierson (1927)
Lampsilis fallaciosa — F.C. Baker (1928)
Ligumia teres teres — Haas (1969)
Lampsilis teres — Morrison (1969), Burch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Vidrine (1993), ..., Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), IUCN (2012), Keogh & Simons (2019)
Lampsilis (s.s.) teres — R.I. Johnson (1972)
Lampsilis teres teres — Oesch (1984)
Lampsilis teres fallaciosa — R.I. Johnson (1999)

Unio anodontoides Lea, 1831
Lea, 1831, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 4 [O. 1]: 81 [91], pl. 8, fig. 11.

Unio anodontoides — Lea (1831), Jay (1835), Hanley (1843), Reeve (1865), B.H. Wright (1888), Singley (1893), Call (1895), Pilsbry & Rhoads (1896), de Gregorio (1914), Henderson (1935)
Unio teres — Ferussac (1835), Conrad (1836), Küster (1853), Conrad (1853)
Margarita (Unio) anodontoides — Lea (1836), Lea (1838)
Margaron (Unio) anodontoides — Lea (1852), Lea (1870)
Unio (Elliptio) teres — Mörch (1853)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) anodontoides — Simpson (1900)
Unio (s.s.) teres — Call (1900)
Lampsilis anodontoides — Ortmann (1912), Utterback (1916), Ortmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), F.C. Baker (1928), Mathiak (1979), Gordon et al. (1979)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) anodontoides — Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) teres — Frierson (1927)
Lampsilis anodontoides anodontoides — Murray & Leonard (1962)
Ligumia teres teres — Haas (1969)
Lampsilis (Simpsonunio) anodontoides — Starobogatov (1970)
Lampsilis (s.s.) teres — R.I. Johnson (1972)
Lampsilis teres — Burch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Vidrine (1993), Howells et al. (1996), ..., Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), IUCN (2012), Keogh & Simons (2019)
Lampsilis teres anodontoides — Oesch (1984)

Unio teres Say, 1834
‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Say, 1834, Amer. Conch. 6: ??.
Conrad, 1836, Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(6): 52, pl. 28.
(reference to Unio (Eurynia) teres Rafinesque, 1820)

Unio teres — Say (1834), Küster (1853), Conrad (1853)
Margarita (Unio) anodontoides — Lea (1836), Lea (1838)
Unio anodontoides — Hanley (1843), Call (1895)
Margaron (Unio) anodontoides — Lea (1852), Lea (1870)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) anodontoides — Simpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) anodontoides — Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis anodontoides — Utterback (1916), Ortmann & Walker (1922)

Unio anadontoides Küster, 1853
‘Lea’ Küster, 1853, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 68.
(error for Unio anodontoides Lea, 1831)

Unio anadontoides — Küster (1853)

Unio anodontoides Reeve, 1865
‘Lea’ Reeve, 1865, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 21, fig. 97.
(reference to Unio anodontoides Lea, 1831)

Unio anodontoides — Reeve (1865)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) fallaciosus — Simpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) fallaciosus — Simpson (1914)

Unio oriens Sowerby, 1868
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 63, sp. 314.
(misidentified reference to Unio oriens Lea, 1831)

Unio oriens — Sowerby (1868)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) fallaciosus — Simpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) fallaciosus — Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis teres — Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Watters et al. (2009)

Unio preanodontoides Whitfield, 1885
Whitfield, 1885, U.S. Geol. Surv. Mon. 9: 250, pl. 31, fig. 2.

Unio preanodontoides — Whitfield (1885)
Unio anodontoides — Henderson (1935)

Lampsilis anodontoides F.C. Baker, 1898
F.C. Baker, 1898, Bull. Chicago Acad. Sci. 3(1): pl. 10, fig. 3. [in part]
(reference to Unio anodontoides Lea, 1831)

Lampsilis anodontoides — F.C. Baker (1898)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) fallaciosus — Simpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) fallaciosus — Simpson (1914)

Lampsilis anodontoides F.C. Baker, 1898
F.C. Baker, 1898, Bull. Chicago Acad. Sci. 3(1): pl. 10, figs. 1-2. [in part]
(reference to Unio anodontoides Lea, 1831)

Lampsilis anodontoides — F.C. Baker (1898)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) anodontoides — Simpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) anodontoides — Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis teres — Watters et al. (2009)

Unio oblitus Haas, 1930
‘Say’ Haas, 1930, Senckenbergiana 12(6): 328. [MS]
(intro'd as syn of Unio (Eurynia) teres Rafinesque, 1820)

Unio oblitus — Haas (1930)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) teres — Haas (1930)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Unio (s.s.) teres — Call (1900)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) anodontoides — Simpson (1900)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) fallaciosus — Simpson (1900)
Lampsilis fallaciosus — Simpson (1900), Utterback (1916)
Lampsilis anodontoides — Ortmann (1912), Utterback (1916), Ortmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), F.C. Baker (1928), Mathiak (1979), Gordon et al. (1979)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) anodontoides — Simpson (1914)
Unio anodontoides — de Gregorio (1914), Henderson (1935)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) fallaciosus — Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis teres — Ortmann (1918), Morrison (1969), Burch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), ..., Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023)
Lampsilis anodontoides fallaciosa — Ortmann (1925), Murray & Leonard (1962)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) teres — Frierson (1927), Haas (1930)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) teres-fallaciosa — Frierson (1927)
Lampsilis fallaciosa — F.C. Baker (1928)
Unio oblitus — Haas (1930)
Lampsilis anodontoides anodontoides — Murray & Leonard (1962)
Ligumia teres teres — Haas (1969)
Lampsilis (Simpsonunio) anodontoides — Starobogatov (1970)
Lampsilis (s.s.) teres — R.I. Johnson (1972)
Lampsilis teres teres — Oesch (1984)
Lampsilis teres anodontoides — Oesch (1984)
Lampsilis teres fallaciosa — R.I. Johnson (1999)

Page updated: 10:06:07 Tue 01 Jul 2025

"Making the world a better place, one mollusk at a time."
	The MUSSEL Project — Home Page http://www.mussel-project.net/. Site developed and maintained by Dan Graf & Kevin Cummings. Hosted by The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Funded by The National Science Foundation.