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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 | Lampsilis hydiana

nominal species Unio approximus Lea, 1845


Lea, 1845, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 4: 164.
Lea, 1848, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 4]: 74 [48], pl. 5, fig. 13.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85017, Red R., Alexandria, Louisiana.

= Lampsilis hydiana

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Lampsilis hydiana (Lea, 1838) — IUCN, 2012
+ Lampsilis hydiana (Lea, 1838) — Howells et al., 1996
+ Lampsilis hydiana (Lea, 1838) — Vidrine, 1993
+ Ligumia siliquoidea straminea (Conrad, 1834) — Haas, 1969
+ Lampsilis (Ligumia) fasciata-hydiana (Lea, 1838) — Frierson, 1927
= Lampsilis (Eurynia) approxima (Lea, 1845) — Simpson, 1914
= Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) approximus Lea — Simpson, 1900
+ Unio luteolus Lamarck — Call, 1895
= Unio approximus Lea — Singley, 1893
= Unio approximus Lea, 1845 — Paetel, 1890
= Unio approximus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) approximus (Lea) — Lea, 1870
= Unio (Hyridella) approximus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857
= Unio approximus Lea, 1845 — Conrad, 1853
= Margaron (Unio) approximus (Lea) — Lea, 1852

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