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Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Ortmanniana

species Ortmanniana pectorosa (Conrad, 1834): synonymy

2 specimens + 2 Genbank vouchers

Synonymy

Bariosta vittatis Rafinesque, 1831

Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 2.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 73.

Bariosta vittatisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Actinonaias pectorosaOrtmann & Walker (1922)
Lampsilis (s.s.) pectorosa-biangularisFrierson (1927)

Unio pectorosus Conrad, 1834

Conrad, 1834. New Fresh-Water Shells: 37, pl. 6, fig. 1.
Conrad, 1836. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(3): 25, pl. 11, fig. 1.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 254.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) perdixSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) perdixSimpson (1914)
Nephronaias pectorosaOrtmann (1918)
Actinonaias pectorosaOrtmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), Burch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), ... Smith et al. (2019), Klymus et al. (2020), Bieler (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)
Lampsilis (s.s.) pectorosaFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (s.s.) pectorosa pectorosaHaas (1969)
Ortmanniana pectorosaGraf & Cummings (2021)
Lampsilis pectorosaFMCS (2025)

image of type lot

Unio perdix Lea, 1834

specimen image from publicationLea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 72 [184], pl. 11, fig. 31.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_84857, Harpeth R., Tenn.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) perdixSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis pictusIhering (1901)
Nephronaias perdixOrtmann (1912)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) perdixSimpson (1914)
Nephronaias pectorosaOrtmann (1918)
Actinonaias pectorosaOrtmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1924), Burch (1975), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Lampsilis (s.s.) pectorosaFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (s.s.) pectorosa pectorosaHaas (1969)

Unio vittatus ‘Rafinesque’ of Authors

‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(59-60): 29.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 58.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 92.
(error for Bariosta vittatis Rafinesque, 1831)

Unio biangularis Lea, 1840

Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 288.
Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 197, pl. 9, fig. 8 [as ‘biangulatus’].

Lampsilis (s.s.) biangulatusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (s.s.) biangularisSimpson (1914)
Nephronaias pectorosaOrtmann (1918)
Actinonaias pectorosaOrtmann & Walker (1922), Burch (1975), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Bieler (2021)
Lampsilis (s.s.) pectorosa-biangularisFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (s.s.) pectorosa biangularisHaas (1969)

image of type lot

Unio biangulatus Lea, 1840

Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 288 [as ‘biangularis’].
specimen image from publicationLea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 197, pl. 9, fig. 8.
(error for Unio biangularis Lea, 1840)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86120, Caney Fork, Tennessee.

Lampsilis (s.s.) biangulatusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (s.s.) biangularisSimpson (1914)
Nephronaias pectorosaOrtmann (1918)
Actinonaias pectorosaOrtmann & Walker (1922), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Bieler (2021)
Lampsilis (s.s.) pectorosa-biangularisFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (s.s.) pectorosa biangularisHaas (1969)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Bariosta vittatisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) perdixSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (s.s.) biangulatusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis pictusIhering (1901)
Nephronaias perdixOrtmann (1912)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) perdixSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (s.s.) biangularisSimpson (1914)
Nephronaias pectorosaOrtmann (1918)
Actinonaias pectorosaOrtmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), Burch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), ... Smith et al. (2019), Klymus et al. (2020), Bieler (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)
Lampsilis (s.s.) pectorosa-biangularisFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (s.s.) pectorosaFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (s.s.) pectorosa pectorosaHaas (1969)
Lampsilis (s.s.) pectorosa biangularisHaas (1969)
Ortmanniana pectorosaGraf & Cummings (2021)
Lampsilis pectorosaFMCS (2025)

 
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