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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 umbrans (Lea, 1857): nominal species
     5 specimens available.

Unio umbrans Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 104.
Lea, 1858, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 6]: 72, pl. 13, fig. 53.
(new name for Unio umbrosus Lea, 1857)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85121, Othcalooga Creek, Georgia.

Unio umbransLea (1857), Sowerby (1866), B.H. Wright (1888)
Margaron (Unio) umbransLea (1870)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) vanuxemensisSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) vanuxemensisSimpson (1914)
Eurynia (Micromya) vanuxemensisOrtmann (1918)
Micromya vanuxemensis umbransOrtmann (1925)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) vanuxemensisFrierson (1927)
Ligumia vanuxemensisHaas (1969)
Villosa vanuxemensis umbransBurch (1975), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lydeard et al. (1999), ITIS (2012)
Villosa umbransWilliams et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), Haag (2012), Williams et al. (2017)
Leaunio umbransWatters (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Bieler (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)

Unio fabaceus Lea, 1861
Lea, 1861, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 38.
Lea, 1862, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 90 [94], pl. 13, fig. 238.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85165, Oostanula R., Ga.

Unio fabaceusLea (1861), B.H. Wright (1888)
Margaron (Unio) fabaceusLea (1870)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) vanuxemensisSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) vanuxemensisSimpson (1914)
Eurynia (Micromya) vanuxemensisOrtmann (1918)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) fabaceaFrierson (1927)
Ligumia fabaceaHaas (1969)
Villosa vanuxemensis umbransBurch (1975)
Villosa vanuxemensisParmalee & Bogan (1998)
Villosa umbransWilliams et al. (2008)
Leaunio umbransWatters (2018)

Unio proprius Lea, 1865
Lea, 1865, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 17: 89.
Lea, 1868, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 256 [16], pl. 31, fig. 70.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85141, Lafayette, Georgia.

Unio propriusLea (1865), B.H. Wright (1888)
Margaron (Unio) propriusLea (1870)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) propriusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) propriaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) propiaFrierson (1927)
Ligumia propriaHaas (1969)
Villosa vanuxemensis umbransBurch (1975)
Villosa umbransWilliams et al. (2008)
Leaunio umbransWatters (2018)

Unio tenebricus Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 171.
Lea, 1858, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 6]: 83, pl. 17, fig. 63.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85143, Etowah R., Georgia.

Unio tenebricusLea (1857), B.H. Wright (1888)
Margaron (Unio) tenebricusLea (1870)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) vanuxemensisSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) vanuxemensisSimpson (1914)
Eurynia (Micromya) vanuxemensisOrtmann (1918)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) vanuxemensisFrierson (1927)
Ligumia vanuxemensisHaas (1969)
Villosa vanuxemensis umbransBurch (1975)
Villosa vanuxemensisParmalee & Bogan (1998)
Villosa umbransWilliams et al. (2008)
Leaunio umbransWatters (2018)

Unio umbrosus Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 32.
(homonym of Unio umbrosus Lea, 1856; renamed Unio umbrans Lea, 1857)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84848, Medellin R., Mexico.

Unio umbrosusLea (1857)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) vanuxemensisSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) vanuxemensisSimpson (1914)
Eurynia (Micromya) vanuxemensisOrtmann (1918)
Ligumia vanuxemensisHaas (1969)
Villosa umbransWilliams et al. (2008)
Leaunio umbransWatters (2018), Bieler (2021)

Unio porphyreus Lea, 1861
Lea, 1861, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 60.
Lea, 1862, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 80 [84] , pl. 10, fig. 228.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84851, Coosa R., Alabama.

Unio porphyreusLea (1861), B.H. Wright (1888)
Margaron (Unio) porphyreusLea (1870)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) porphyreusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) porphyreaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) lienosaFrierson (1927)
Villosa lienosusClench & Turner (1956)
Ligumia lienosaHaas (1969)
Villosa lienosaBurch (1975), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Watters et al. (2009)
Villosa umbransWilliams et al. (2008)
Leaunio umbransWatters (2018)

Lampsilis propia Frierson, 1927
‘Lea’ Frierson, 1927, Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 75.
(error for Unio proprius Lea, 1865)

Lampsilis propiaFrierson (1927)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) vanuxemensisSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) porphyreusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) propriusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) vanuxemensisSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) porphyreaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) propriaSimpson (1914)
Eurynia (Micromya) vanuxemensisOrtmann (1918)
Micromya vanuxemensis umbransOrtmann (1925)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) vanuxemensisFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) fabaceaFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) lienosaFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) propiaFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis propiaFrierson (1927)
Villosa lienosusClench & Turner (1956)
Ligumia vanuxemensisHaas (1969)
Ligumia fabaceaHaas (1969)
Ligumia lienosaHaas (1969)
Ligumia propriaHaas (1969)
Villosa vanuxemensis umbransBurch (1975), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lydeard et al. (1999), ITIS (2012)
Villosa lienosaBurch (1975), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Watters et al. (2009)
Villosa vanuxemensisParmalee & Bogan (1998)
Villosa umbransWilliams et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), Haag (2012), Williams et al. (2017)
Leaunio umbransWatters (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Bieler (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)

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