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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Lampsilis cariosa

nominal species Lampsilis pallida Rafinesque, 1820

Rafinesque, 1819, Jour. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. 88: 426 [as ‘U. (Proptera) pallida’]. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 299, footnote.
Rafinesque, 1864, [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 29, 44.

= Lampsilis cariosa

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Lampsilis cariosa (Say) — Strayer & Jirka, 1997
+ Lampsilis cariosa (Say, 1816) — Burch, 1975
+ Lampsilis (s.s.) cariosa (Say, 1817) — R.I. Johnson, 1970
+ Lampsilis (s.s.) cariosa (Say, 1816) — Haas, 1969
+ Lampsilis (s.s.) cariosa (Say, 1817) — Frierson, 1927
- NO OPINION — Vanatta, 1915
- OMITTED — Simpson, 1914
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1870
+ Unio ochraceus Say — Conrad, 1853
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1852
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1836
= Unio pallidus Raf. — Ferussac, 1835
= Lampsilis pallida — Rafinesque, 1820
= Unio (Proptera) pallida (Rafinesque, 1820) — Rafinesque, 1819

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