Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Atlanticoncha

species Atlanticoncha ochracea (Say, 1817): synonymy

5 specimens + 3 GenBank vouchers

Synonymy

Mytilus fluviatilis Gmelin, 1791

(homonym of Mytulus polymorphus fluviatilis Pallas, 1771)
Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 157, fig. 12. [pre-linnaean]
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3359, sp. 34.

Lampsilis (s.s.) ochraceaR.I. Johnson (1970)
Lampsilis ochraceaR.I. Johnson (1980)
Leptodea ochraceaIUCN (2012)

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Unio ochraceus Say, 1817

Say, 1817. Nich. Encyc. 2: [12,] pl. 2, fig. 8.
Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [18,] pl. 2, fig. 8.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 51.
Type(s): NEOTYPE MCZ_178838 (by R.I. Johnson, 1947: 153), Schuylkill River, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Lampsilis (s.s.) ochraceusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis ochraceaOrtmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Burch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Kat (1983), Kat & Davis (1984), ITIS (2012)
Lampsilis (s.s.) ochraceaSimpson (1914), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1970)
Unio ochraceusde Gregorio (1914)
Leptodea ochraceaTurgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Strayer & Jirka (1997), Turgeon et al. (1998), Bogan (2002), ... Haag (2012), Jones (2015), Williams et al. (2017), Smith et al. (2019), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Ligumia ochraceaSmith (2000)
Atlanticoncha ochraceaSmith et al. (2020), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

Lampsilis rosea Rafinesque, 1820

Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 299, footnote.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 44.

Lampsilis (s.s.) ochraceaFrierson (1927), Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1970)
Leptodea ochraceaStrayer & Jirka (1997)

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Unio boydianus Lea, 1840

Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 286.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 216 [54], pl. 16, fig. 32.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_86126, Oak Orchard, Orleans Co., N.Y.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) radiatusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) (Group of Lampsilis luteola) radiataSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (s.s.) ochraceaFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Lampsilis (s.s.) radiata radiataR.I. Johnson (1970)
Lampsilis radiata radiataBurch (1975)
Lampsilis radiataStrayer & Jirka (1997)

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Unio crocatus Lea, 1841

Lea, 1841. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 2: 31.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 238 [76], pl. 22, fig. 52.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84908, Savannah R., Georgia.

Lampsilis (s.s.) ochraceusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (s.s.) ochraceaSimpson (1914), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Lampsilis (s.s.) cariosaR.I. Johnson (1970)
Lampsilis cariosaBurch (1975), IUCN (2017)

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Unio rosaceus Conrad, 1849

(homonym of Unio rosaceus De Kay, 1843)
Conrad, 1849. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4: 153.
Conrad, 1849. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 4: 303.
Conrad, 1850. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1: 275.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MCZ_178779, Savannah River, Georgia.

Lampsilis (s.s.) ochraceusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (s.s.) ochraceaSimpson (1914), R.I. Johnson (1970)
Lampsilis (s.s.) splendidaFrierson (1927)

Unio troostensis Sowerby, 1866

(homonym of Unio troostensis Lea, 1834)
specimen image from publication‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 38, sp. 210.

Lampsilis (s.s.) ochraceusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (s.s.) ochraceaSimpson (1914)
Nodularia aegyptiacusFrierson (1927)

Unio radiatus Barnes, 1823

(misidentified reference to Mya radiata Gmelin, 1791)
Barnes, 1823. Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 265.

Lampsilis (s.s.) ochraceaFrierson (1927)

Mytilus fluviatilus Conrad, 1853

(error for Mytilus fluviatilis Gmelin, 1791)
‘Lister’ Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 254.

Unio affinis Sowerby, 1868

(misidentified reference to Unio affinis Lea, 1852)
specimen image from publication‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 63, sp. 318.

Lampsilis (s.s.) ochraceusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (s.s.) ochraceaSimpson (1914)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Lampsilis (s.s.) ochraceusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) radiatusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis ochraceaOrtmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Burch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Kat (1983), Kat & Davis (1984), ITIS (2012)
Lampsilis (s.s.) ochraceaSimpson (1914), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1970)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) (Group of Lampsilis luteola) radiataSimpson (1914)
Unio ochraceusde Gregorio (1914)
Nodularia aegyptiacusFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (s.s.) splendidaFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (s.s.) cariosaR.I. Johnson (1970)
Lampsilis (s.s.) radiata radiataR.I. Johnson (1970)
Lampsilis radiata radiataBurch (1975)
Lampsilis cariosaBurch (1975), IUCN (2017)
Leptodea ochraceaTurgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Strayer & Jirka (1997), Turgeon et al. (1998), Bogan (2002), ... Haag (2012), Jones (2015), Williams et al. (2017), Smith et al. (2019), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Lampsilis radiataStrayer & Jirka (1997)
Ligumia ochraceaSmith (2000)
Atlanticoncha ochraceaSmith et al. (2020), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)