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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Cambarunio iris

nominal species 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.

= Cambarunio iris

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Cambarunio iris (Lea, 1829) — Watters, 2018
+ Villosa iris (Lea, 1829) — Williams et al., 2008
+ Villosa iris (Lea, 1829) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998
+ Villosa nebulosa (Conrad, 1834) — Burch, 1975
+ Ligumia nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Haas, 1969
+ Lampsilis (Ligumia) nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Frierson, 1927
+ Eurynia nebulosus (Conrad, 1834) — Ortmann, 1918
= Lampsilis (Eurynia) amoena (Lea, 1840) — Simpson, 1914
= Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) amœnus Lea — Simpson, 1900
= Unio (sec. Hyridella) amoenus Lea, 1840 — Paetel, 1890
= Unio amœnus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Unio amœnus Lea — Lewis, 1871
= Margaron (Unio) amœnus (Lea) — Lea, 1870
= Unio amoenus Lea, 1840 — Sowerby, 1868
= Unio (Hyridella) amoenus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857
= Unio amænus [sic] Lea — Hanley, 1856
= Unio amœnus Lea, 1841 — Conrad, 1853
= Margaron (Unio) amœnus (Lea) — Lea, 1852

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