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Publication Morrison (1969): summary

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Full Citation

Morrison, J.P.E. 1969. The earliest names for North American naiads. American Malacological Union, Inc. Annual Reports (1969): 22-24. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Plethobasus pachosteus Morrison, 1969 = Plethobasus cicatricosus

‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Morrison, 1969. AMU Annual Rept. (1969): 24.
R.I. Johnson, 1980. Bull. MCZ 149(2): 90.
(misidentified reference to Obovaria pachostea Rafinesque, 1820)

Taxonomic Opinions

Alasmidonta atropurpureum Rafinesque, 1831 = Alasmidonta raveneliana
+ Margaritana raveneliana Lea, 1834

Alasmidonta atropurpureum Rafinesque, 1831 = Alasmidonta atropurpurea

Alasmidonta viridis Rafinesque, 1820 = Sulcularia viridis
+ Unio calceolus Lea, 1828

Crenodonta lineolata Rafinesque, 1820 = Ellipsaria lineolata
+ Unio securis Lea, 1829

Cyprogenia stegaria Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio irroratus Lea, 1828

Ellipsaria ligamentina Lamarck, 1819 = Ortmanniana ligamentina
+ Unio carinatus Barnes, 1823

Fusconaia lateralis Rafinesque, 1820 = Fusconaia flava
+ Unio undatus Barnes, 1823

Fusconaia polita (Say, 1834) = Fusconaia subrotunda
+ Unio subrotundus Lea, 1831

Fusconaia pusilla Rafinesque, 1820 = Reginaia ebenus
+ Unio ebenus Lea, 1831

Lampsilis abruptus Say, 1831 = Lampsilis abrupta
+ Margarita (Unio) orbiculatus Lea, 1836

Lampsilis abruptus Say, 1831 = Obovaria subrotunda

Lampsilis cardium Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio ventricosus Barnes, 1823

Lampsilis luteola Lamarck, 1819 = Lampsilis radiata
+ Unio siliquoideus Barnes, 1823

Lampsilis luteola Lamarck, 1819 = Lampsilis siliquoidea

Lampsilis teres Rafinesque, 1820
+ Lampsilis fallaciosus Smith, 1899

Lasmigona badia Rafinesque, 1831 = Alasminota holstonia
+ Margaritana holstonia Lea, 1838

Lasmigona badia Rafinesque, 1831 = Sulcularia viridis

Lemiox rimosus Rafinesque, 1831
+ Unio caelatus Conrad, 1834

Megalonaias nervosa Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio crassus var. giganteus Barnes, 1823

Plagiola interruptus Rafinesque, 1820 = Epioblasma brevidens
+ Unio brevidens Lea, 1831

Plagiola interruptus Rafinesque, 1820 = Ptychobranchus fasciolaris

Plagiola perobliqua Conrad, 1837 = Epioblasma perobliqua
+ Truncilla (Scalenaria) sulcata var. delicata Simpson, 1900

Plagiola perobliqua Conrad, 1837 = Epioblasma rangiana

Plagiola ridibundus Say, 1831 = Epioblasma obliquata
+ Unio sulcatus Lea, 1829

Plagiola (Epioblasma) flexuosa Rafinesque, 1820 = Epioblasma flexuosa
+ Unio foliatus Hildreth, 1828

Plethobasus pachosteus Rafinesque, 1820 = Reginaia ebenus
+ Unio cicatricosus Say, 1829

Plethobasus pachosteus Rafinesque, 1820 = Plethobasus cicatricosus

Plethobasus striatus Rafinesque, 1820 = Plethobasus cooperianus
+ Unio cooperianus Lea, 1834

Plethobasus striatus Rafinesque, 1820 = Obovaria subrotunda

Pleurobema obliquata Rafinesque, 1820 = Epioblasma obliquata
+ Unio pyramidatus Lea, 1831

Pleurobema obliquata Rafinesque, 1820 = Pleurobema sintoxia

Pleurobema obliquum Lamarck, 1819 = Pleurobema cordatum
+ Obovaria cordata Rafinesque, 1820

Pleurobema premorsa Rafinesque, 1831 = Pustulosa pustulosa
+ Unio plenus Lea, 1840

Pleurobema premorsa Rafinesque, 1831 = Pleurobema plenum

Pleurobema sintoxia Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio solidus Lea, 1838

Potamilus alatus Say, 1817

Potamilus ohiensis Rafinesque, 1820
+ Symphynota laevissima Lea, 1829

Quadrula bullata Rafinesque, 1820 = Pustulosa pustulosa
+ Unio pustulosus Lea, 1831

Toxolasma livida Rafinesque, 1831 = Toxolasma lividum
+ Unio glans Lea, 1831

Truncilla vermiculata Rafinesque, 1820 = Truncilla truncata
+ Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 1820

Villosa teneltus Rafinesque, 1831 = Cambarunio taeniatus
+ Unio taeniatus Conrad, 1834

 
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