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 obscurus Lea, 1838

Lea, 1836, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 26. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1838, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 7, pl. 3, fig. 7.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85128, Tennessee.

= Cambarunio iris

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Leaunio vanuxemensis (Lea, 1838) — Watters, 2018
+ Villosa iris (Lea, 1829) — Williams et al., 2008
+ Villosa iris (Lea, 1829) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998
+ Villosa nebulosa (Conrad, 1834) — Burch, 1975
+ Ligumia vanuxemensis (Lea, 1838) — Haas, 1969
+ Lampsilis (Ligumia) vanuxemensis (Lea, 1838) — Frierson, 1927
+ Micromya nebulosa (Conrad) — Ortmann, 1924
+ Eurynia nebulosus (Conrad, 1834) — Ortmann, 1918
= Lampsilis (Eurynia) obscura (Lea, 1838) — Simpson, 1914
= Unio obscurus Lea — de Gregorio, 1914
= Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) obscurus Lea — Simpson, 1900
= Unio obscurus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) obscurus (Lea) — Lea, 1870
= Unio obscurus Lea — Küster, 1861
= Unio (Hyridella) obscurus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857
+ Unio lienosus Con. — Conrad, 1853
= Margaron (Unio) obscurus (Lea) — Lea, 1852
= Unio obscurus Lea — Hanley, 1843
= Margarita (Unio) obscurus Lea — Lea, 1838
= Margarita (Unio) obscurus — Lea, 1836

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