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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Ligumia recta

nominal species Unio (Eurynia) latissima Rafinesque, 1820

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Unio (Eurynia) latissima Rafinesque, 1820 = Ligumia recta

Rafinesque, 1818. Amer. Mon. Mag. 3: 355 [as ‘Potamilus latissimus’]. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1819. Jour. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. 88: 426. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 297, pl. 80, figs. 14-15 [also as ‘Ellipto latissima’].
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 22, 29, 42.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_20212, Ohio River.

= Ligumia recta

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819) — IUCN, 2017

= Ligumia latissimaITIS, 2012

+ Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819) — Watters et al., 2009

+ Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Ligumia recta (Lamarck) — Strayer & Jirka, 1997

+ Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819) — Oesch, 1984

+ Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819) — R.I. Johnson, 1980

+ Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819) — Burch, 1975

+ Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819) — Clarke, 1973

= Ligumia recta latissima (Rafinesque, 1820) — Haas, 1969

= Ligumia recta latissima (Rafinesque, 1820) — Murray & Leonard, 1962

= Ligumia (s.s.) recta latissima (Rafinesque, 1820) — F.C. Baker, 1928

= Lampsilis (Ligumia) recta-latissima (Rafinesque, 1820) — Frierson, 1927

= Ligumia recta latissima (Rafinesque) — Ortmann, 1925

= Ligumia recta latissima (Rafinesque) — Ortmann, 1924

= Ligumia recta latissima (Rafinesque, 1820) — Ortmann & Walker, 1922

+ Lampsilis rectus Lam. — Vanatta, 1915

+ Lampsilis (Eurynia) recta (Lamarck, 1819) — Simpson, 1914

+ Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) rectus Lamarck — Simpson, 1900

+ Lea, 1870

+ Unio rectus Lam. — Conrad, 1853

= Unio (Metaptera) latissimus Raf. — Mörch, 1853

+ Lea, 1852

+ Unio rectus Lamarck, 1819 — Conrad, 1836

+ Lea, 1836

+ Unio rectus Lam., Valenc. — Ferussac, 1835

+ Unio (Eurynia) recta Lamarck, 1819 — Rafinesque, 1831

= Unio (Eurynia) latissimaRafinesque, 1820

= Unio (Eurynia) latissimaRafinesque, 1819

= Potamilus latissimusRafinesque, 1818

 
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