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Publication Ortmann (1909): summary

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Ortmann, A.E. 1909. The breeding season of Unionidae in Pennsylvania [continued]. Nautilus 22(10): 99-103. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio hippopaeus Lea, 1852 = Amblema plicata

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 21 [as ‘hippopæus’].
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 261 [as ‘hippopæus’].
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 497 [as ‘hippopæus’].
Reeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 11, sp. 40 [as ‘hippopæus’].
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 31 [as ‘hippopæus’].
B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [3], [as ‘hippopæus’].
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 767 [as ‘hippopæa’].
Ortmann, 1909. Nautilus 22(10): 101 [as ‘Q. hippopæa’].
Ortmann, 1909. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 5: 203 [as ‘Quadrula undulata hippopæa’].
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 816 [as ‘hippopæa’].
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 61.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 287.
Clarke, 1973. Malacologia 13(1-2): 35.
Burch, 1975. Freshw. Unio. North Amer.: 165.
Strayer & Jirka, 1997. Pearly Mussels NY (26): 98.
He & Zhuang, 2013. Freshwater Bivalves China: 27.
(error for Unio hippopoeus Lea, 1845)

Quadrula lachrymosa Swainson, 1840 = Quadrula quadrula

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 378.
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 177.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 256.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 497.
specimen image from publicationReeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 9, sp. 33.
Call, 1895. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 7: 21.
F.C. Baker, 1898. Bull. Chicago Acad. Sci. 3(1): 83, pl. 25, fig. 1; pl. 12, fig. 2.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 776.
Call, 1900. Ind. Dept. Geol. Nat. Res. (1899): 489.
Ortmann, 1909. Nautilus 22(10): 100.
Ortmann, 1909. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 5: 199.
Ortmann, 1910. Nautilus 23(11): 140.
Ortmann, 1910. Nautilus 23: 116.
Ortmann, 1912. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 8: 253.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 839, 841.
Vanatta, 1915. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 67: 556.
Ortmann & Walker, 1922. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (112): 14, 16.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 47.
F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 84.
R.I. Johnson, 1980. Bull. MCZ 149(2): 90.
Vidrine, 1993. Histr. Distr. Freshw. Mussels LA: 53.
Strayer & Jirka, 1997. Pearly Mussels NY (26): 98.
(error for Unio lacrymosus Lea, 1828)

Quadrula tritogonia Ortmann, 1909 = Quadrula verrucosa

Ortmann, 1909. Nautilus 22(10): 101.
Ortmann, 1909. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 5: 193.
(new name for Unio tuberculatus Barnes, 1823)

Taxonomic Opinions

Alasmidonta heterodon Lea = Prolasmidonta heterodon

Alasmidonta marginata Say
+ Margaritana marginata var. truncata B.H. Wright, 1898

Alasmidonta marginata var. varicosa Lam. = Alasmidonta varicosa

Alasmidonta undulata Say

Pleurobema aesopus Green = Plethobasus cyphyus

Pleurobema clava Lam.

Quadrula coccinea Conr. = Pleurobema sintoxia

Quadrula cooperiana Lea = Plethobasus cooperianus

Quadrula cylindrica Say = Theliderma cylindrica

Quadrula heros Say = Megalonaias nervosa
+ Unio multiplicatus Lea, 1831

Quadrula hippopæa [sic] Lea = Amblema plicata

Quadrula kirtlandiana Lea = Fusconaia subrotunda

Quadrula lachrymosus [sic] Lea = Quadrula quadrula

Quadrula metanevra Raf. = Theliderma metanevra

Quadrula obliqua Lea [sic] = Pleurobema cordatum

Quadrula pustulosa Lea = Pustulosa pustulosa

Quadrula pyramidata Lea = Pleurobema sintoxia

Quadrula rubiginosa Lea = Fusconaia flava

Quadrula subrotunda Lea = Fusconaia subrotunda

Quadrula trapezoides Lea = Plectomerus dombeyanus

Quadrula tritogonia nov. nom. = Quadrula verrucosa
+ Unio tuberculatus Barnes, 1823

Quadrula tuberculata Raf. = Cyclonaias tuberculata

Quadrula undulata Barn. = Amblema plicata

Symphynota complanata Barn. = Pterosyna complanata

Symphynota costata Raf. = Lasmigona costata

Symphynota viridis Conr. = Platynaias subviridis

Unio complanatus Dillw. = Elliptio complanata

Unio crassidens Lam. = Elliptio crassidens

Unio gibbosus Barn. = Eurynia dilatata

 
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