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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Atlanticoncha ochracea

nominal species Unio boydianus Lea, 1840


Lea, 1840, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 286.
Lea, 1842, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 216 [54], pl. 16, fig. 32.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_86126, Oak Orchard, Orleans Co., N.Y.

= Atlanticoncha ochracea

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Lampsilis radiata (Gmelin) — Strayer & Jirka, 1997
+ Lampsilis radiata radiata (Gmelin, 1791) — Burch, 1975
+ Lampsilis (s.s.) radiata radiata (Gmelin, 1791) — R.I. Johnson, 1970
+ Lampsilis (s.s.) ochracea (Say, 1816) — Haas, 1969
+ Lampsilis (s.s.) ochracea (Say, 1817) — Frierson, 1927
+ Lampsilis (Eurynia) radiata (Gmelin, 1791) — Simpson, 1914
+ Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) radiatus Gmelin — Simpson, 1900
= Unio (sec. Naidea) boydianus Lea, 1840 — Paetel, 1890
= Unio boydianus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) boydianus (Lea) — Lea, 1870
= Unio (Naidea) boydianus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857
= Unio boydianus Lea, 1841 — Conrad, 1853
= Margaron (Unio) boydianus (Lea) — Lea, 1852
= Unio boydianusDe Kay, 1843

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