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Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Epioblasma
species Epioblasma florentina (Lea, 1857): synonymy
Synonymy
Unio florentinus Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 83.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 64 [68], pl. 5, fig. 213.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84948, Florence, Alabama.
Truncilla (Pilea) florentina — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Truncilla florentina — Ortmann (1912), Ortmann (1918)
Dysnomia (Pilea) florentina — Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925)
Dysnomia (Capsaeformis) florentina — Frierson (1927)
Dysnomia (Capsaeformis) florentina florentina — Haas (1969)
Dysnomia florentina — Stansbery (1970), Burch (1975), Gordon et al. (1979)
Plagiola (Torulosa) florentina — R.I. Johnson (1978)
Plagiola florentina — R.I. Johnson (1980)
Epioblasma florentina florentina — Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Bogan (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lydeard et al. (1999), Cicerello & Schuster (2003), ITIS (2012)
Epioblasma florentina — Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), Haag (2012), Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)
Unio saccatus Küster, 1862
‘Anthony’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 263, pl. 89, fig. 2.
(homonym of Unio tumidus var. saccatus Rossmässler, 1859)
Truncilla (Pilea) florentina — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Dysnomia (Capsaeformis) florentina — Frierson (1927)
Dysnomia (Capsaeformis) florentina florentina — Haas (1969)
Plagiola (Torulosa) florentina — R.I. Johnson (1978)
Epioblasma florentina — Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Unio sacculus Reeve, 1864
‘Anthony, MS’ Reeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 15, sp. 67.
J.G. Anthony, 1865. Amer. J. Conch. 1(2): 157, pl. 12, fig. 3.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MCZ_161898, Tennessee.
Truncilla (Pilea) florentina — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Dysnomia (Capsaeformis) florentina — Frierson (1927)
Dysnomia (Capsaeformis) florentina florentina — Haas (1969)
Dysnomia florentina — Burch (1975)
Plagiola (Torulosa) florentina — R.I. Johnson (1978)
Epioblasma florentina — Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Taxonomic History (since 1900)
Truncilla (Pilea) florentina — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Truncilla florentina — Ortmann (1912), Ortmann (1918)
Dysnomia (Pilea) florentina — Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925)
Dysnomia (Capsaeformis) florentina — Frierson (1927)
Dysnomia (Capsaeformis) florentina florentina — Haas (1969)
Dysnomia florentina — Stansbery (1970), Burch (1975), Gordon et al. (1979)
Plagiola (Torulosa) florentina — R.I. Johnson (1978)
Plagiola florentina — R.I. Johnson (1980)
Epioblasma florentina florentina — Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Bogan (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lydeard et al. (1999), Cicerello & Schuster (2003), ITIS (2012)
Epioblasma florentina — Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), Haag (2012), Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)
