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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Epioblasma curtisii
nominal species Truncilla curtisii Frierson & Utterback in Utterback, 1916
Truncilla curtisii Frierson & Utterback in Utterback, 1916 = Epioblasma curtisii
Frierson & Utterback in Utterback, 1916. Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(10): 453, pl. 6, fig. 14a-d; pl. 28, fig. 109a-d.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE UMMZ_90748, White River, Forsyth, Taney Co., Missouri.
Taxonomic Opinions
= Epioblasma curtisii (Frierson & Utterback, 1916) — FMCS, 2025: [3].
= Epioblasma curtisii (Frierson and Utterback, 1916) — Hopper et al., 2023.
= Epioblasma curtisii (Frierson & Utterback in Utterback, 1916) — Graf & Cummings, 2021: 17.
= Epioblasma curtisii (Frierson & Utterback, 1916) — FMCS, 2021: [3].
= Epioblasma curtisii (Frierson & Utterback, 1916) — Williams et al., 2017: 38.
= Epioblasma florentina curtisii (Frierson & Utterback, 1916) — ITIS, 2012: [web].
= Epioblasma florentina curtisii (Frierson and Utterback, 1916) — McMurray et al., 2012: 32.
+ Epioblasma florentina (Lea, 1857) — Williams et al., 2008: 241.
= Epioblasma florentina curtisi (Utterback, 1915) — Turgeon et al., 1998: 33.
= Epioblasma florentina curtisi — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998: 89.
= Epioblasma florentina curtisii (Utterback) — Williams et al., 1993: 11.
= Epioblasma florentina curtisi (Utterback, 1915) — Turgeon et al., 1988: 29.
= Plagiola curtisi (Utterback, 1916) — Oesch, 1984: 235, text figs..
+ Plagiola florentina (Lea, 1857) — R.I. Johnson, 1980: 97.
+ Plagiola (Torulosa) florentina (Lea, 1857) — R.I. Johnson, 1978: 271.
+ Dysnomia turgidula (Lea, 1858) — Burch, 1975: 162.
= Dysnomia (Capsaeformis) florentina curtisii (Utterback, 1915) — Haas, 1969: 489.
= Dysnomia (Capsaeformis) florentina-curtisi (Utterback, 1915) — Frierson, 1927: 95, sp. 443a.
+ Dysnomia (Pilea) turgidula (Lea) — Ortmann, 1924: 35, footnote.
+ Dysnomia (Pilea) turgidula (Lea, 1858) — Ortmann & Walker, 1922: 69.
= Truncilla curtisii Frierson and Utterback. New Species — Utterback, 1916: 453, pl. 6, figs. 14a-d; pl. 28, figs. 109a-d.
