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Lampsilis  Rafinesque, 1820
Taxonomic Serial No.: 79986

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Aeglia Swainson, 1840
  
    Simpsonunio Starobogatov, 1970
  
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2023   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassBivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 – bivalves, clams, bivalves, palourdes, bivalve, mexilhão, ostra  
                   SubclassAutobranchia   
                      InfraclassHeteroconchia   
                         OrderUnionida   
                            SuperfamilyUnionoidea Rafinesque, 1820  
                               FamilyUnionidae Rafinesque, 1820  
                                  SubfamilyAmbleminae Rafinesque, 1820  
                                     TribeLampsilini Ihering, 1901  
                                        GenusLampsilis Rafinesque, 1820  
    Direct Children:  
                                           SpeciesLampsilis abrupta (Say, 1831) – pink mucket 
                                           SpeciesLampsilis bergmanni Inoue & Randklev, 2020 – Guadalupe fatmucket 
                                           SpeciesLampsilis binominata Simpson, 1900 – lined pocketbook 
                                           SpeciesLampsilis bracteata (Gould, 1855) – Texas fatmucket 
                                           SpeciesLampsilis brittsi Simpson, 1900 – northern brokenray, northern broken-ray 
                                           SpeciesLampsilis cardium Rafinesque, 1820 – plain pocketbook 
                                           SpeciesLampsilis cariosa (Say, 1817) – yellow lampmussel 
                                           SpeciesLampsilis dolabraeformis (Lea, 1838) – Altamaha pocketbook 
                                           SpeciesLampsilis fasciola Rafinesque, 1820 – wavy-rayed lampmussel, wavyrayed lampmussel 
                                           SpeciesLampsilis floridensis (Lea, 1852) – Florida sandshell 
                                           SpeciesLampsilis higginsii (Lea, 1857) – Higgins' eye, Higgins' eye pearly mussel 
                                           SpeciesLampsilis hydiana (Lea, 1838) – Louisiana fatmucket 
                                           SpeciesLampsilis ornata (Conrad, 1835) – southern pocketbook 
                                           SpeciesLampsilis ovata (Say, 1817) – pocketbook 
                                           SpeciesLampsilis powellii (Lea, 1852) – Arkansas fatmucket 
                                           SpeciesLampsilis radiata (Gmelin, 1791) – eastern lampmussel 
                                           SpeciesLampsilis rafinesqueana Frierson, 1927 – Neosho mucket 
                                           SpeciesLampsilis reeveiana (Lea, 1852) – Arkansas brokenray, Arkansas broken-ray 
                                           SpeciesLampsilis satura (Lea, 1852) – sandbank pocketbook 
                                           SpeciesLampsilis sietmani Keogh & Simons, 2019 – canary kingshell 
                                           SpeciesLampsilis siliquoidea (Barnes, 1823) – fatmucket 
                                           SpeciesLampsilis splendida (Lea, 1838) – rayed pink fatmucket 
                                           SpeciesLampsilis straminea (Conrad, 1834) – rough fatmucket 
                                           SpeciesLampsilis streckeri Frierson, 1927 – speckled pocketbook 
                                           SpeciesLampsilis teres (Rafinesque, 1820) – yellow sandshell 
                                           SpeciesLampsilis virescens (Lea, 1858) – Alabama lamp mussel, Alabama lamp pearly mussel, Alabama lampmussel 
       

 References
       
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  Source: MUSSEL Project Web Site, website (version 08Aug2013)  
  Acquired: 2013   
  Notes: Graf, D.L. & K.S. Cummings. 2013. The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves), updated 8 August 2013. MUSSEL Project Web Site, http://www.mussel-project.net   
  Reference for: Lampsilis   
       
  Source: MUSSEL Project Web Site (2023), website (version 15Nov2023)  
  Acquired: 2023   
  Notes: Graf, D. L. & K. S. Cummings. 2023. The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves), accessed 15 Nov 2023. MUSSEL Project Web Site, http://www.mussel-project.net   
  Reference for: Lampsilis   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Lampsilis   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Graf, Daniel L., and Kevin S. Cummings   
  Publication Date: 2021   
  Article/Chapter Title: A 'big data' approach to global freshwater mussel diversity (Bivalvia: Unionoida), with an updated checklist of genera and species   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of Molluscan Studies, vol. 87, no. 1   
  Page(s): 1-36   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1464-3766   
  Notes: doi: 10.1093/mollus/eyaa034   
  Reference for: Lampsilis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al.   
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26   
  Page(s): 526   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-01-8, 0097-0638  
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  Reference for: Lampsilis   
       

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