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Publication information

Simpson, C.T. 1896. The classification and geographical distribution of the pearly fresh-water mussels. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 18: 295-343.

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Attributed Genus Names

Lepidodesma Simpson, 1896
Simpson, 1896, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 18: 311.
Simpson, 1900, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 586.
Simpson, 1914, Descr. Cat. Naiades: 237.
Type species: Unio languilati Heude, 1874 (sub. desig. by Simpson, 1900: 586) = Lepidodesma languilati

Attributed Species Names

Unio mitchelli Dall, 1895
Simpson in Dall, 1895, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 18: 5.
Simpson, 1896, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 18: 371, pl. 32, figs. 1-3.
Simpson, 1900, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 711.
Simpson, 1914, Descr. Cat. Naiades: 622.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_128364, Guadalupe R., Victoria Co., Texas.

Anodonta yukonensis Simpson, 1896
‘Lea’ Simpson, 1896, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 18: 328.
(error for Anodonta youkanensis Lea, 1867)

Taxonomic Opinions

Lepidodesma aligerus (Heude)

Lepidodesma languilati (Heude)

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