MolluscaBase taxon details
Villosa vibex (Conrad, 1834)
857429 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:857429)
accepted
Species
Lampsilis (Eurynia) gracilior (I. Lea, 1856) · unaccepted
Lampsilis (Eurynia) modioliformis (I. Lea, 1834) · unaccepted
Lampsilis (Eurynia) pellucida (I. Lea, 1845) · unaccepted
Lampsilis (Eurynia) pellucidus (I. Lea, 1845) · unaccepted
Lampsilis (Eurynia) suda (I. Lea, 1857) · unaccepted
Lampsilis (Eurynia) sudus (I. Lea, 1857) · unaccepted
Lampsilis (Eurynia) vibex (Conrad, 1834) · unaccepted
Lampsilis (Eurynia) vibex nigrina (I. Lea, 1853) · unaccepted
Lampsilis (Eurynia) vibex nigrinus (I. Lea, 1853) · unaccepted
Lampsilis (Ligumia) gracilior (I. Lea, 1856) · unaccepted
Lampsilis (Ligumia) modioliformis (I. Lea, 1834) · unaccepted
Lampsilis (Ligumia) stagnalis (Conrad, 1849) · unaccepted
Lampsilis (Ligumia) vibex (Conrad, 1834) · unaccepted
Lampsilis (Ligumia) vibex nigrina (I. Lea, 1852) · unaccepted
Lampsilis (Ligumia) vibex vibex (Conrad, 1834) · unaccepted
Lampsilis (Villosa) pellucida (I. Lea, 1845) · unaccepted
Ligumia gracilior (I. Lea, 1856) · unaccepted
Ligumia modioliformis (I. Lea, 1834) · unaccepted
Ligumia stagnalis (Conrad, 1849) · unaccepted
Ligumia vibex (Conrad, 1834) · unaccepted
Margarita (Unio) modioliformis (I. Lea, 1834) · unaccepted
Margarita (Unio) vibex (Conrad, 1834) · unaccepted
Margaron (Unio) exiguus (I. Lea, 1840) · unaccepted
Margaron (Unio) gracilior (I. Lea, 1856) · unaccepted
Margaron (Unio) modioliformis (I. Lea, 1834) · unaccepted
Margaron (Unio) nigrinus (I. Lea, 1852) · unaccepted
Margaron (Unio) pellucidus (I. Lea, 1845) · unaccepted
Margaron (Unio) prevostianus (I. Lea, 1852) · unaccepted
Margaron (Unio) rutilans (I. Lea, 1856) · unaccepted
Margaron (Unio) stagnalis (Conrad, 1849) · unaccepted
Margaron (Unio) sudus (I. Lea, 1857) · unaccepted
Margaron (Unio) vibex (Conrad, 1834) · unaccepted
Unio averellii B. H. Wright, 1888 · unaccepted (synonym)
Unio exiguus I. Lea, 1840 · unaccepted (synonym)
Unio gracilior I. Lea, 1857 · unaccepted (synonym)
Unio gracillior "I. Lea, 1858" · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling)
Unio modioliformis I. Lea, 1834 · unaccepted (synonym)
Unio nigrinus I. Lea, 1852 · unaccepted (synonym)
Unio pellucidus I. Lea, 1845 · unaccepted (synonym)
Unio prevostianus I. Lea, 1852 · unaccepted (synonym)
Unio rutilans I. Lea, 1857 · unaccepted (synonym)
Unio stagnalis Conrad, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Unio sudus I. Lea, 1857 · unaccepted (synonym)
Unio vibex Conrad, 1834 · unaccepted (original combination)
Villosa modioliformis (I. Lea, 1834) · unaccepted (synonym)
- Subspecies Villosa vibex amygdalum (I. Lea, 1843) accepted as Villosa amygdalum (I. Lea, 1843) (unaccepted rank)
(of Unio vibex Conrad, 1834) Conrad, T. A. (1834). New fresh water shells of the United States, with coloured illustrations, and a monograph of the genus <i>Anculotus</i> of Say; also a synopsis of the American naiades. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, U.S.A. 1-84, plates 1-9. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16346317
page(s): 31, pl. 4, fig. 3 [details]
page(s): 31, pl. 4, fig. 3 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Villosa vibex (Conrad, 1834). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=857429 on 2025-04-30
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original description
(of Unio exiguus I. Lea, 1840) Lea, I. (1840). Descriptions of new fresh water and land shells. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> 1(13): 284-289 [6 November]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34513003
page(s): 287 [details]
original description (of Unio sudus I. Lea, 1857) Lea, I. (1857). Descriptions of twenty-seven new species of uniones from Georgia. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 9: 169-172 [after 30 June 1857, possibly published in 1858]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6330435
page(s): 170 [details]
original description (of Unio modioliformis I. Lea, 1834) Lea, I. (1834). Observations on the naïades; and descriptions of new species of that, and other families. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 5: 23-119, pls 1-19 [August or September 1834]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35957690
page(s): 97, pl. 13, fig. 14 [details]
original description (of Unio vibex Conrad, 1834) Conrad, T. A. (1834). New fresh water shells of the United States, with coloured illustrations, and a monograph of the genus <i>Anculotus</i> of Say; also a synopsis of the American naiades. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, U.S.A. 1-84, plates 1-9. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16346317
page(s): 31, pl. 4, fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Unio pellucidus I. Lea, 1845) Lea, I. (1845). Descriptions of new fresh water and land shells. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> 4(33): 162-168 [5 December 1845]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33100618
page(s): 163 [details]
original description (of Unio stagnalis Conrad, 1849) Conrad, T. A. (1849). Descriptions of new fresh water and marine shells. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 4: 152-156., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5445350
page(s): 152-153 [details]
original description (of Unio nigrinus I. Lea, 1852) Lea, I. (1852). Descriptions of new species of the family Unionidae. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 10(2): 253-294, plates 12-29 [1 June 1852, teste Scudder (1885: 57)]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4529783
page(s): 284, pl. 24, fig. 44 [details]
original description (of Unio prevostianus I. Lea, 1852) Lea, I. (1852). Descriptions of new species of the family Unionidae. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 10(2): 253-294, plates 12-29 [1 June 1852, teste Scudder (1885: 57)]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4529783
page(s): 269, pl. 19, fig. 24 [details]
original description (of Unio gracilior I. Lea, 1857) Lea, I. (1857). Description of eleven new species of exotic uniones, from Georgia. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 8(6): 262-263 [dated as 1856 by Scudder (1885: 71) but earliest acknowledged receipt documented by Fox (1913: xi) for number 8(5) was 25 April 1857]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1935317
page(s): 262 [details]
original description (of Unio rutilans I. Lea, 1857) Lea, I. (1857). Description of eleven new species of exotic uniones, from Georgia. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 8(6): 262-263 [dated as 1856 by Scudder (1885: 71) but earliest acknowledged receipt documented by Fox (1913: xi) for number 8(5) was 25 April 1857]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1935317
page(s): 262 [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]
additional source InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
additional source Clench, W. J. & Turner, R. D. (1956). Freshwater mollusks of Alabama, Georgia, and Florida from the Escambia to the Suwannee River. <em>Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences.</em> 1(3): 97-239, pls. 1-9., available online at https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/Vol-1-No-3.pdf
page(s): 209-211, pl. 4, fig. 4 [details]
page(s): 287 [details]
original description (of Unio sudus I. Lea, 1857) Lea, I. (1857). Descriptions of twenty-seven new species of uniones from Georgia. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 9: 169-172 [after 30 June 1857, possibly published in 1858]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6330435
page(s): 170 [details]
original description (of Unio modioliformis I. Lea, 1834) Lea, I. (1834). Observations on the naïades; and descriptions of new species of that, and other families. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 5: 23-119, pls 1-19 [August or September 1834]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35957690
page(s): 97, pl. 13, fig. 14 [details]
original description (of Unio vibex Conrad, 1834) Conrad, T. A. (1834). New fresh water shells of the United States, with coloured illustrations, and a monograph of the genus <i>Anculotus</i> of Say; also a synopsis of the American naiades. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, U.S.A. 1-84, plates 1-9. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16346317
page(s): 31, pl. 4, fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Unio pellucidus I. Lea, 1845) Lea, I. (1845). Descriptions of new fresh water and land shells. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> 4(33): 162-168 [5 December 1845]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33100618
page(s): 163 [details]
original description (of Unio stagnalis Conrad, 1849) Conrad, T. A. (1849). Descriptions of new fresh water and marine shells. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 4: 152-156., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5445350
page(s): 152-153 [details]
original description (of Unio nigrinus I. Lea, 1852) Lea, I. (1852). Descriptions of new species of the family Unionidae. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 10(2): 253-294, plates 12-29 [1 June 1852, teste Scudder (1885: 57)]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4529783
page(s): 284, pl. 24, fig. 44 [details]
original description (of Unio prevostianus I. Lea, 1852) Lea, I. (1852). Descriptions of new species of the family Unionidae. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 10(2): 253-294, plates 12-29 [1 June 1852, teste Scudder (1885: 57)]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4529783
page(s): 269, pl. 19, fig. 24 [details]
original description (of Unio gracilior I. Lea, 1857) Lea, I. (1857). Description of eleven new species of exotic uniones, from Georgia. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 8(6): 262-263 [dated as 1856 by Scudder (1885: 71) but earliest acknowledged receipt documented by Fox (1913: xi) for number 8(5) was 25 April 1857]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1935317
page(s): 262 [details]
original description (of Unio rutilans I. Lea, 1857) Lea, I. (1857). Description of eleven new species of exotic uniones, from Georgia. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 8(6): 262-263 [dated as 1856 by Scudder (1885: 71) but earliest acknowledged receipt documented by Fox (1913: xi) for number 8(5) was 25 April 1857]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1935317
page(s): 262 [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]
additional source InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
additional source Clench, W. J. & Turner, R. D. (1956). Freshwater mollusks of Alabama, Georgia, and Florida from the Escambia to the Suwannee River. <em>Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences.</em> 1(3): 97-239, pls. 1-9., available online at https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/Vol-1-No-3.pdf
page(s): 209-211, pl. 4, fig. 4 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Southern rainbow | [details] |
To ANSP Malacology Collection (holotype of Unio pellucidus. Lea, 1845. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 4: 163 - catalog no. 56493) (from synonym Unio pellucidus I. Lea, 1845)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Unio vibex. Conrad, 1834. New fresh water shells of the United States, with Coloured Illustrations, and a Monograph of the Genus Anculotus of Say; also a Synopsis of the American Naiades : 31-32, pl. 4, fig. 3 - (from synonym Unio vibex Conrad, 1834)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes of Unio averellii. Wright, 1888. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 40: 115-116 - catalog no. 56487) (from synonym Unio averellii B. H. Wright, 1888)
To Barcode of Life (140 barcodes)
To Conchology (Villosa vibex)
To Conchology (Villosa vibex)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Villosa vibex)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 85029 Unio modioliformis) (from synonym Unio modioliformis I. Lea, 1834)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 85155 Unio sudus) (from synonym Unio sudus I. Lea, 1857)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 86132 Unio nigrinus Holotype) (from synonym Unio nigrinus I. Lea, 1852)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 91142 Unio averelli Lectotype) (from synonym Unio averellii B. H. Wright, 1888)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL Unio rutilans) (from synonym Unio rutilans I. Lea, 1857)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Unio vibex. Conrad, 1834. New fresh water shells of the United States, with Coloured Illustrations, and a Monograph of the Genus Anculotus of Say; also a Synopsis of the American Naiades : 31-32, pl. 4, fig. 3 - (from synonym Unio vibex Conrad, 1834)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes of Unio averellii. Wright, 1888. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 40: 115-116 - catalog no. 56487) (from synonym Unio averellii B. H. Wright, 1888)
To Barcode of Life (140 barcodes)
To Conchology (Villosa vibex)
To Conchology (Villosa vibex)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Villosa vibex)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 85029 Unio modioliformis) (from synonym Unio modioliformis I. Lea, 1834)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 85155 Unio sudus) (from synonym Unio sudus I. Lea, 1857)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 86132 Unio nigrinus Holotype) (from synonym Unio nigrinus I. Lea, 1852)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 91142 Unio averelli Lectotype) (from synonym Unio averellii B. H. Wright, 1888)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL Unio rutilans) (from synonym Unio rutilans I. Lea, 1857)
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