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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Epioblasma

species Epioblasma personata (Say, 1829): synonymy

3 specimens

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Unio personatus Say, 1829

Say, 1829. New Harm. Dissem. 2(20): 309, sp. 7.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 131.
Type(s): NEOTYPE MCZ_5763 (by Johnson & Baker, 1973: 166), Cumberland River, Tennessee.

Truncilla (Pilea) personataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (s.s.) personatusCall (1900)
Dysnomia (Pilea) personataOrtmann (1925), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Epioblasma (sec. Pilea) personatumThiele (1934)
Dysnomia personataStansbery (1970), Burch (1975)
Plagiola (Pilea) personataR.I. Johnson (1978)
Plagiola personataR.I. Johnson (1980)
Epioblasma personataTurgeon et al. (1988), Cummings & Mayer (1992), Williams et al. (1993), Bogan (1993), Cummings & Mayer (1997), ... Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)

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Unio pileus Lea, 1831

specimen image from publicationLea, 1831. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 4 [O. 1]: 119, pl. 18, fig. 47.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_84602A, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Truncilla (Pilea) personataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Dysnomia (Pilea) personataFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Dysnomia personataBurch (1975)
Plagiola (Pilea) personataR.I. Johnson (1978)
Epioblasma personataParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)

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Unio capillaris Lea, 1834

specimen image from publicationLea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 29, pl. 2, fig. 2.
Type(s): TYPE USNM_84602, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Truncilla (Pilea) personataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (s.s.) personatusCall (1900)
Unio capillaris, var.de Gregorio (1914)
Dysnomia (Pilea) personataFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Dysnomia personataBurch (1975)
Plagiola (Pilea) personataR.I. Johnson (1978)
Epioblasma personataParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Truncilla (Pilea) personataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (s.s.) personatusCall (1900)
Unio capillaris, var.de Gregorio (1914)
Dysnomia (Pilea) personataOrtmann (1925), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Epioblasma (sec. Pilea) personatumThiele (1934)
Dysnomia personataStansbery (1970), Burch (1975)
Plagiola (Pilea) personataR.I. Johnson (1978)
Plagiola personataR.I. Johnson (1980)
Epioblasma personataTurgeon et al. (1988), Cummings & Mayer (1992), Williams et al. (1993), Bogan (1993), Cummings & Mayer (1997), ... Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)

 
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