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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Villosa delumbis

nominal species Unio genuinus Lea, 1868

Lea, 1868, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 161.
Lea, 1868, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 305 [64], pl. 46, fig. 117.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85123, Bissels Pond, N.C.

= Villosa delumbis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Villosa delumbis (Conrad, 1834) — Watters, 2018
+ Villosa delumbis (Conrad, 1834) — Burch, 1975
+ Villosa delumbis (Conrad, 1834) — R.I. Johnson, 1970
+ Ligumia lienosa (Conrad, 1834) — Haas, 1969
+ Villosa lienosus (Conrad, 1834) — Clench & Turner, 1956
+ Lampsilis (Ligumia) lienosa (Conrad, 1834) — Frierson, 1927
+ Lampsilis (Eurynia) concestator (Lea, 1857) — Simpson, 1914
+ Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) concestator Lea — Simpson, 1900
= Unio genuinus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) genuinus (Lea) — Lea, 1870

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