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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Cambarunio taeniatus

nominal species Unio punctatus Lea, 1865

Lea, 1865, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 17: 89.
Lea, 1868, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 261 [21], pl. 32, fig. 76.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84968, Tuscumbia, Alabama.

= Cambarunio taeniatus

Taxonomic Opinions

= Cambarunio taeniatus punctatus (Lea, 1865) — Watters, 2018
+ Villosa taeniata (Conrad, 1834) — Williams et al., 2008
+ Villosa taeniata (Conrad, 1834) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998
+ Villosa taeniata (Conrad, 1834) — Burch, 1975
+ Ligumia taeniata (Conrad, 1834) — Haas, 1969
+ Lampsilis (Ligumia) taeniata (Conrad, 1834) — Frierson, 1927
+ Micromya taeniata (Conrad) — Ortmann, 1925
+ Micromya taeniata (Conrad) — Ortmann, 1924
= Lampsilis (Eurynia) punctata (Lea, 1865) — Simpson, 1914
= Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) punctatus Lea — Simpson, 1900
= Unio punctatus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) punctatus (Lea) — Lea, 1870

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