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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Lampsilis virescens

nominal species Unio virescens Lea, 1858

Lea, 1858, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 40.
Lea, 1860, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 341 [23], pl. 55, fig. 166.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84927, Tuscumbia, Alabama.

= Lampsilis virescens

Taxonomic Opinions

= Lampsilis virescens (Lea, 1858) — FMCS, 2025
= Lampsilis virescens (Lea, 1858) — Hopper et al., 2023
= Lampsilis virescens (Lea, 1858) — Graf & Cummings, 2021
= Lampsilis virescens — Porto-Hannes et al., 2021
= Lampsilis virescens (Lea, 1858) — FMCS, 2021
= Lampsilis virescens (Lea, 1858) — Stodola et al., 2021
= Lampsilis virescens — Inoue et al., 2020
= Lampsilis virescens — Porto-Hannes et al., 2019
= Lampsilis virescens — Inoue et al., 2018
= Lampsilis virescens (Lea, 1858) — Williams et al., 2017
= Lampsilis virescens (Lea, 1858) — Campbell & Lydeard, 2012
= Lampsilis virescens — Moyer & Díaz-Ferguson, 2012
= Lampsilis virescens (I. Lea, 1858) — ITIS, 2012
= Lampsilis virescens — Haag, 2012
= Lampsilis virescens Lea, 1858 — Bogan, 2010
= Lampsilis virescens — Cummings & Graf, 2010
= Lampsilis virescens (Lea, 1858) — Williams et al., 2008
= Lampsilis virescens (Lea, 1858) — Graf & Cummings, 2007
= Lampsilis virescens (Lea) — Lydeard et al., 1999
= Lampsilis virescens (Lea, 1858) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998
= Lampsilis virescens (Lea, 1858) — Turgeon et al., 1998
= Lampsilis virescens (Lea, 1858) — IUCN, 1996
= Lampsilis virescens (I. Lea) — Williams et al., 1993
= Lampsilis virescens (Lea, 1858) — Turgeon et al., 1988
= Lampsilis virescens (Lea, 1858) — R.I. Johnson, 1980
= Lampsilis virescens (Lea, 1858) — Stansbery, 1970
= Ligumia virescens (Lea, 1858) — Haas, 1969
= Lampsilis (Ligumia) virescens (Lea, 1858) — Frierson, 1927
= Lampsilis virescens (Lea) — Ortmann, 1925
= Lampsilis virescens (Lea) — Ortmann, 1924
= Lampsilis virescens (Lea, 1858) — Ortmann, 1918
= Lampsilis (Eurynia) virescens (Lea, 1858) — Simpson, 1914
= Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) virescens Lea — Simpson, 1900
= Unio virescens Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) vivescens [sic] (Lea) — Lea, 1870

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