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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Epioblasma torulosa

nominal species Unio perplexus Lea, 1831

image of type lot

Unio perplexus Lea, 1831 = Epioblasma torulosa

specimen image from publicationLea, 1831. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 4 [O. 1]: 112, pl. 17, fig. 42.
(homonym of Unio perplexus Say, 1829)
Type(s): SYNTYPE USNM_84324, Cincinnati, Ohio.

= Epioblasma torulosa

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Epioblasma torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Epioblasma torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Epioblasma torulosaStrayer & Jirka, 1997

+ Plagiola (Torulosa) torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — R.I. Johnson, 1978

+ Dysnomia torulosa torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Burch, 1975

+ Dysnomia (Torulosa) torulosa torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Haas, 1969

+ Dysnomia (Torulosa) torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Frierson, 1927

+ Dysnomia (Pilea) torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Ortmann & Walker, 1922

+ Truncilla torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Ortmann, 1918

+ Truncilla torulosa Raf. — Vanatta, 1915

= Truncilla (Pilea) perplexa (Lea, 1831) — Simpson, 1914

= Unio perplexus Lea ! — de Gregorio, 1914

= Truncilla perplexa (Lea) — Ortmann, 1909

= Truncilla (Pilea) perplexa Lea — Simpson, 1900

= Unio (s.s.) perplexus Lea, 1831 — Call, 1900

= Unio perplexus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888

= Unio perplexus Lea — Lewis, 1871

= Margaron (Unio) perplexus (Lea) — Lea, 1870

+ Unio gibbosus (Rafinesque, 1820) — Reeve, 1864

= Unio (Rotundaria) perplexus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857

+ Unio torulosus (Raf.) — Conrad, 1853

+ Unio (Dysnomia) gibbosus (Raf.) — Mörch, 1853

+ Dysnomia gibbosaAgassiz, 1852

= Margaron (Unio) perplexus (Lea) — Lea, 1852

+ Unio gibbosus Rafinesque — Küster, 1848

= Unio perplexus Lea — Hanley, 1843

= Margarita (Unio) perplexus Lea — Lea, 1838

+ Unio gibbosus (Rafinesque, 1820) — Conrad, 1836

= Margarita (Unio) perplexus (Lea, 1831) — Lea, 1836

+ Unio gibbosus Raf. — Ferussac, 1835

= Unio perplexusJay, 1835

= Unio perplexus Lea, 1831 — Ravenel, 1834

 
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