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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Leaunio vanuxemensis

nominal species Unio nitens Lea, 1840

Lea, 1840, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 288.
Lea, 1842, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 205 [43], pl. 12, fig. 19.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85132, Long Creek, Tenn.

= Leaunio vanuxemensis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Leaunio vanuxemensis (Lea, 1838) — Watters, 2018
+ Villosa vanuxemensis (Lea, 1838) — Williams et al., 2008
+ Villosa vanuxemensis (Lea, 1836) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998
+ Ligumia vanuxemensis (Lea, 1838) — Haas, 1969
+ Lampsilis (Ligumia) vanuxemensis (Lea, 1838) — Frierson, 1927
+ Eurynia (Micromya) vanuxemensis (Lea, 1838) — Ortmann, 1918
+ Lampsilis (Eurynia) vanuxemensis (Lea, 1838) — Simpson, 1914
+ Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) vanuxemensis Lea — Simpson, 1900
= Unio nitens Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) nitens (Lea) — Lea, 1870
= Unio nitens Lea, 1840 — Reeve, 1865
= Unio nitens Lea — Küster, 1861
= Unio (Hyridella) nitens Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857
= Unio nitens Lea — Conrad, 1853
= Margaron (Unio) nitens (Lea) — Lea, 1852

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