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

species Epioblasma othcaloogensis (Lea, 1857): synonymy

2 specimens

Synonymy

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Unio othcaloogensis Lea, 1857

Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 32.
Lea, 1858. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 6]: 74, pl. 14, fig. 54.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84615, Othcalooga Cr., Georgia.

Truncilla (Scalenaria) othcaloogensisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio otcaloogensis [sic], var.de Gregorio (1914)
Dysnomia (Penita) othcaloogensisFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Dysnomia metastriataBurch (1975)
Plagiola (s.s.) penitaR.I. Johnson (1978)
Epioblasma othcaloogensisTurgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Lydeard et al. (1999), ... Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)

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Unio modicellus Lea, 1859

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 171.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 347, pl. 57, fig. 172.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84841, Connasauga R., Ga.

Truncilla (s.s.) modicellaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Dysnomia (Penita) modicellaFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Dysnomia modicellaBurch (1975)
Plagiola (s.s.) penitaR.I. Johnson (1978)
Epioblasma othcaloogensisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Dysnomia nodicella [sic]ITIS (2012)

Unio otcaloogensis de Gregorio, 1914

‘Lea’ de Gregorio, 1914. Il Nat. Siciliano 2: 51.
(error for Unio othcaloogensis Lea, 1857)

Dysnomia nodicella ITIS, 2012

ITIS, 2012. ITIS: [web].
(error for Unio modicellus Lea, 1859)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Truncilla (s.s.) modicellaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Truncilla (Scalenaria) othcaloogensisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio otcaloogensis [sic], var.de Gregorio (1914)
Dysnomia (Penita) othcaloogensisFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Dysnomia (Penita) modicellaFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Dysnomia modicellaBurch (1975)
Dysnomia metastriataBurch (1975)
Plagiola (s.s.) penitaR.I. Johnson (1978)
Epioblasma othcaloogensisTurgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Lydeard et al. (1999), ... Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)
Dysnomia nodicella [sic]ITIS (2012)

 
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