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Publication Ortmann (1925): summary

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Full Citation

Ortmann, A.E. 1925. The naiad-fauna of the Tennessee River system below Walden Gorge. American Midland Naturalist 9: 321-372. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Actionaias Ortmann, 1925

Ortmann, 1925. Amer. Midl. Nat. 9: 349.
(error for Actinonaias Fischer & Crosse, 1894)
Type species: Unio sapotalensis Lea, 1841 = Actinonaias sapotalensis

Fuscnoaia Ortmann, 1925

Ortmann, 1925. Amer. Midl. Nat. 9: 330.
(error for Fusconaia Simpson, 1900)
Type species: Unio trigonus Lea, 1831 = Fusconaia flava

Fusconala Ortmann, 1925

Ortmann, 1925. Amer. Midl. Nat. 9: 330.
(error for Fusconaia Simpson, 1900)
Type species: Unio trigonus Lea, 1831 = Fusconaia flava

Levingtonia Ortmann, 1925

Ortmann, 1925. Amer. Midl. Nat. 9: 339.
(error for Lexingtonia Ortmann, 1914)
Type species: Unio subplanus Conrad, 1837 = Fusconaia masoni

Attributed Nominal Species

Fusconaia subtrotunda Ortmann, 1925 = Fusconaia subrotunda

‘Lea’ Ortmann, 1925. Amer. Midl. Nat. 9: 328.
(error for Unio subrotundus Lea, 1831)

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