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Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Epioblasma
species Epioblasma metastriata (Conrad, 1838): synonymy
Synonymy
Unio metastriatus Conrad, 1838
Conrad, 1838. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(11): back cover.
Conrad, 1840. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(12): 104, pl. 57, fig. 2.
Type(s): TYPE LOST ANSP_UNKNOWN, Black Warrior River, near Blount Springs [Blount Co.], Alabama.
Truncilla (s.s.) metastriata — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Dysnomia (Truncillopsis) metastriata — Ortmann (1925)
Dysnomia (Penita) metastriatus — Frierson (1927)
Dysnomia (Penita) metastriata — Haas (1969)
Dysnomia metastriata — Burch (1975)
Plagiola (s.s.) penita — R.I. Johnson (1978)
Epioblasma metastriata — Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), IUCN (1996), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lydeard et al. (1999), ... Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)
Epioblasma metastriatus — Parmalee & Bogan (1998)
Unio compactus Lea, 1859
Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 154.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 218, pl. 28, fig. 98.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84447, Etowah R., Ga.
Truncilla (s.s.) penita — Simpson (1900)
Truncilla (s.s.) compacta — Simpson (1914)
Dysnomia (Penita) metastriatus — Frierson (1927)
Dysnomia (Penita) metastriata — Haas (1969)
Dysnomia metastriata — Burch (1975)
Plagiola (s.s.) penita — R.I. Johnson (1978)
Epioblasma metastriatus — Parmalee & Bogan (1998)
Epioblasma metastriata — Williams et al. (2008)
Taxonomic History (since 1900)
Truncilla (s.s.) penita — Simpson (1900)
Truncilla (s.s.) metastriata — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Truncilla (s.s.) compacta — Simpson (1914)
Dysnomia (Truncillopsis) metastriata — Ortmann (1925)
Dysnomia (Penita) metastriatus — Frierson (1927)
Dysnomia (Penita) metastriata — Haas (1969)
Dysnomia metastriata — Burch (1975)
Plagiola (s.s.) penita — R.I. Johnson (1978)
Epioblasma metastriata — Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), IUCN (1996), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lydeard et al. (1999), ... Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)
Epioblasma metastriatus — Parmalee & Bogan (1998)
