WoRMS taxon details
Lampsilis teres (Rafinesque, 1820)
857329 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:857329)
accepted
Species
Lampsilis (Eurynia) anodontoides (I. Lea, 1831) · unaccepted (recombination)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) fallaciosus H. M. Smith, 1899 · unaccepted
Lampsilis (Ligumia) teres (Rafinesque, 1820) · unaccepted
Lampsilis (Simpsonunio) anodontoides (I. Lea, 1831) · unaccepted (recombination)
Lampsilis anodontoides (I. Lea, 1834) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Lampsilis fallaciosa (H. M. Smith, 1899) · unaccepted
Lampsilis fallaciosus H. M. Smith, 1899 · unaccepted (incorrect gender ending)
Lampsilis teres anodontoides (I. Lea, 1831) · unaccepted
Lampsilis teres fallaciosa (H. M. Smith, 1899) · unaccepted
Lampsilis teres teres (Rafinesque, 1820) · unaccepted
Ligumia teres (Rafinesque, 1820) · unaccepted
Margarita (Unio) anodontoides (I. Lea, 1831) · unaccepted (recombination)
Margaron (Unio) anodontoides (I. Lea, 1831) · unaccepted (recombination)
Unio (Eurynia) teres Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted
Unio anodontoides I. Lea, 1831 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Lampsilis teres anodontoides (I. Lea, 1831) accepted as Lampsilis teres (Rafinesque, 1820)
- Subspecies Lampsilis teres fallaciosa (H. M. Smith, 1899) accepted as Lampsilis teres (Rafinesque, 1820)
- Subspecies Lampsilis teres teres (Rafinesque, 1820) accepted as Lampsilis teres (Rafinesque, 1820)
(of Unio (Eurynia) teres Rafinesque, 1820) Rafinesque C.S. (1820). Monographie des coquilles bivalves et fluviatiles de la Rivière Ohio, contenant douze genres et soixante-huit espéces. <em>Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques.</em> 5(5): 287-322, pls 80-82., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k991081/f2.image
page(s): 321 [details]
page(s): 321 [details]
Distribution Widespread throughout the Mississippian region aside from the St. Lawrence-Great Lakes faunal zone. Absent from the...
Distribution Widespread throughout the Mississippian region aside from the St. Lawrence-Great Lakes faunal zone. Absent from the Atlantic Slope and Eastern Gulf. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lampsilis teres (Rafinesque, 1820). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=857329 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Unio anodontoides I. Lea, 1831) Lea, I. (1831). Observations on the naïades, and descriptions of new species of that and other families. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 4: 63-121, plates 3-18., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24786630
page(s): 81, pl. 8, fig. 11 [details]
original description (of Unio (Eurynia) teres Rafinesque, 1820) Rafinesque C.S. (1820). Monographie des coquilles bivalves et fluviatiles de la Rivière Ohio, contenant douze genres et soixante-huit espéces. <em>Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques.</em> 5(5): 287-322, pls 80-82., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k991081/f2.image
page(s): 321 [details]
basis of record Williams, J. D., Bogan, A. E. & Garner, J. T. (2008). Freshwater mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. <em>University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.</em> 908 pp. [details]
page(s): 81, pl. 8, fig. 11 [details]
original description (of Unio (Eurynia) teres Rafinesque, 1820) Rafinesque C.S. (1820). Monographie des coquilles bivalves et fluviatiles de la Rivière Ohio, contenant douze genres et soixante-huit espéces. <em>Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques.</em> 5(5): 287-322, pls 80-82., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k991081/f2.image
page(s): 321 [details]
basis of record Williams, J. D., Bogan, A. E. & Garner, J. T. (2008). Freshwater mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. <em>University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.</em> 908 pp. [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Keogh, S. M.; Simons, A. M. (2019). Molecules and morphology reveal 'new' widespread North American freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionidae). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 138: 182-192., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2019.05.029 [details]
Other
additional source
InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Widespread throughout the Mississippian region aside from the St. Lawrence-Great Lakes faunal zone. Absent from the Atlantic Slope and Eastern Gulf. [details]
| Language | Name | |
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| English | yellow sandshell | [details] |
