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species Fusconaia subrotunda (Lea, 1831): synonymy

8 specimens + 1 GenBank voucher

Synonymy

Obliquaria (Rotundaria) subrotunda var. maculata Rafinesque, 1820

Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 308.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 52.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Obliquaria (Rotundaria) subrotunda Rafinesque, 1820)

Fusconaia subrotundaWilliams et al. (2008), IUCN (2012)
Fusconaia subrotunda subrotundaWatters et al. (2009)

Unio brevialis Crouch, 1827

‘Lamarck’ Crouch, 1827. Illustr. Lamarck’s Conch.: 16, pl. 9, fig. 3.
(misidentified reference to Unio brevialis Lamarck, 1819)

Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) subrotundaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Fusconaia subrotundaBurch (1975), Parmalee & Bogan (1998)

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Unio subrotundus Lea, 1831

specimen image from publicationLea, 1831. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 4 [O. 1]: 117 [127], pl. 18, fig. 45.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85832, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) subrotundaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Quadrula subrotundaOrtmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910)
Fusconaia subrotundusOrtmann (1912), Turgeon et al. (1998)
Unio subrotundusde Gregorio (1914), Henderson (1935)
Quadrula sintoxiaVanatta (1915)
Fusconaia subrotundaOrtmann (1919), Ortmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1924), Haas (1969), Burch (1975), ... FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Schilling et al. (2025)
Fusconaia subtrotunda [sic]Ortmann (1925)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) subrotundaFrierson (1927)
Fusconaia politaMorrison (1969)
Fusconaia ebenaOesch (1984)
Fusconaia subrotunda subrotundaWatters et al. (2009), ITIS (2012)

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Unio kirtlandianus Lea, 1834

specimen image from publicationLea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 98 [210], pl. 14, fig. 41.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85815, Mahoning R., Ohio.

Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) kirtlandianaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Quadrula kirtlandianaOrtmann (1909)
Quadrula subrotunda kirtlandianaOrtmann (1909)
Quadrula subrotunda var. kirtlandianaOrtmann (1910)
Fusconaia subrotundusOrtmann (1912)
Fusconaia subrotunda kirtlandianaOrtmann (1919)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) kirtlandianaFrierson (1927)
Fusconaia kirtlandianaHaas (1969)
Fusconaia subrotundaBurch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Fusconaia subrotunda subrotundaWatters et al. (2009)
Fusconaia subrotunda kirklandiana [sic]ITIS (2012)

Unio personatus Conrad, 1834

‘Say’ Conrad, 1834. New Fresh-Water Shells: 71.
(misidentified reference to Unio personatus Say, 1829)

Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) subrotundaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Fusconaia subrotundaBurch (1975), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Fusconaia subrotunda subrotundaWatters et al. (2009)

Unio politus Conrad, 1837

Say, 1834. Amer. Conch. 6: ??. [nomen nudum]
Conrad, 1837. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(8): 67, pl. 37, fig. 2.

Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) subrotundaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) subrotundaFrierson (1927)
Fusconaia subrotundaHaas (1969), Burch (1975), Parmalee & Bogan (1998)
Fusconaia politaMorrison (1969)
Fusconaia subrotunda subrotundaWatters et al. (2009)

Unio kirklandianus ‘Lea’ of Authors

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 23.
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 203.
ITIS, 2012. ITIS: [web].
(error for Unio kirtlandianus Lea, 1834)

Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) kirtlandianaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Fusconaia subrotundaParmalee & Bogan (1998)
Fusconaia subrotunda subrotundaWatters et al. (2009)

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Unio lesueurianus Lea, 1840

Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 286.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 195 [33], pl. 8, fig. 6.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85803, Holston R., Tenn.

Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) pilarisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Fusconaia pilaris lesueurianaOrtmann (1918)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) pilarisFrierson (1927)
Fusconaia pilarisHaas (1969)
Fusconaia subrotundaBurch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Fusconaia subrotunda lesueurianaWatters et al. (2009)
Fusconaia subrotunda lesueriana [sic]ITIS (2012)

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Unio pilaris Lea, 1840

Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 285.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 209 [47], pl. 14, fig. 24.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85817, French Broad R., Tenn.

Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) pilarisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Fusconaia pilarisOrtmann (1918), Haas (1969)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) pilarisFrierson (1927)
Fusconaia subrotundaBurch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Fusconaia subrotunda pilarisITIS (2012)

Unio leseurianus ‘Lea’ of Authors

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 251.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 56.
(error for Unio lesueurianus Lea, 1840)

Unio subrotundoides Lea, 1868

Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 163.

Unio subrotundusHenderson (1935)

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Unio globatus Lea, 1871

Lea, 1871. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 23: 191.
Lea, 1874. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 5 [9], pl. 1, fig. 1.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85820, Holston R., Tenn.

Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) globataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Fusconaia pilarisOrtmann (1918), Haas (1969)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) pilarisFrierson (1927)
Fusconaia subrotundaBurch (1975), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)

Unio ebenus Call, 1894

Call, 1894. Proc. Indiana Acad. Sci. 1893(3): ??.
(misidentified reference to Unio ebenus Lea, 1831)

Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) subrotundaFrierson (1927)

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Unio bursapastoris B.H. Wright, 1896

B.H. Wright, 1896. Nautilus 9(12): 133, pl. 3, fig. 2 [as ‘bursa-pastoris’].
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_133427, Clinch R., Lee Co., Va.

Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) bursa-pastorisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Fusconaja [sic] bursa-pastorisOrtmann (1913)
Fusconaia pilaris bursa-pastorisOrtmann (1918)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) bursa-pastorisFrierson (1927)
Fusconaia bursapastorisHaas (1969)
Fusconaia subrotundaBurch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)

Quadrula flexuosa Simpson, 1900

specimen image from publicationSimpson, 1900. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 52: 83, pl. 2, fig. 8.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 790.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 887.

Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) flexuosaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Quadrula flexuosaSimpson (1900)
Fusconaia pilaris lesueurianaOrtmann (1918)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) pilarisFrierson (1927)
Fusconaia pilarisHaas (1969)
Fusconaia subrotundaBurch (1975), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)

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Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) kirtlandiana var. minor Simpson, 1900

Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 791.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 892.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio kirtlandianus Lea, 1834)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_150155, Scott Co., Va.

Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) kirtlandiana var. minorSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Fusconaia subrotundaR.I. Johnson (1980), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)

Quadrula andrewsii Marsh, 1902

Marsh, 1902. Nautilus 15(10): 115.
Marsh, 1902. Nautilus 16: 8, pl. 1, two upper figs. [as andrewsæ].

Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) andrewsiiSimpson (1914)
Fusconaia pilarisOrtmann (1918), Haas (1969)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) pilarisFrierson (1927)
Fusconaia subrotundaBurch (1975), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)

Quadrula beauchampii Marsh, 1902

Marsh, 1902. Nautilus 16: 7, pl. 1, lower two figs.

Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) beauchampiiSimpson (1914)
Fusconaia pilarisOrtmann (1918), Haas (1969)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) pilarisFrierson (1927)
Fusconaia subrotundaBurch (1975), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)

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Fusconaja [sic] subrotunda leucogona Ortmann, 1913

Ortmann, 1913. Nautilus 27(8): 89.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio subrotundus Lea, 1831)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE CM_61.5239 (by R.I. Johnson, 1977: 238), Elk River, Gassaway, Braxton County, West Virginia.

Fusconaja [sic] subrotunda leucogonaOrtmann (1913)
Fusconaia subrotundaBurch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Fusconaia subrotunda subrotundaWatters et al. (2009)

Unio kirtlandicus Ferussac, 1835

‘Lea’ Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(59-60): 29.
(error for Unio kirtlandianus Lea, 1834)

Quadrula andrewsae Marsh, 1902

Marsh, 1902. Nautilus 16: 8, pl. 1, upper figs.
(error for Quadrula andrewsii Marsh, 1902)

Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) andrewsiiSimpson (1914)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) pilarisFrierson (1927)
Fusconaia pilarisHaas (1969)
Fusconaia subrotundaParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)

Fusconaia subtrotunda Ortmann, 1925

‘Lea’ Ortmann, 1925. Amer. Midl. Nat. 9: 328.
(error for Unio subrotundus Lea, 1831)

Fusconaia subrotundaBurch (1975)

Fusconaia subrotunda lesueriana ITIS, 2012

‘Lea’ ITIS, 2012. ITIS: [web].
(error for Unio lesueurianus Lea, 1840)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) subrotundaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) kirtlandianaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) pilarisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) globataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) bursa-pastorisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) flexuosaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Quadrula flexuosaSimpson (1900)
Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) kirtlandiana var. minorSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Quadrula subrotundaOrtmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910)
Quadrula kirtlandianaOrtmann (1909)
Quadrula subrotunda kirtlandianaOrtmann (1909)
Quadrula subrotunda var. kirtlandianaOrtmann (1910)
Fusconaia subrotundusOrtmann (1912), Turgeon et al. (1998)
Fusconaja [sic] bursa-pastorisOrtmann (1913)
Fusconaja [sic] subrotunda leucogonaOrtmann (1913)
Unio subrotundusde Gregorio (1914), Henderson (1935)
Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) andrewsiiSimpson (1914)
Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) beauchampiiSimpson (1914)
Quadrula sintoxiaVanatta (1915)
Fusconaia pilaris lesueurianaOrtmann (1918)
Fusconaia pilarisOrtmann (1918), Haas (1969)
Fusconaia pilaris bursa-pastorisOrtmann (1918)
Fusconaia subrotundaOrtmann (1919), Ortmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1924), Haas (1969), Burch (1975), ... FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Schilling et al. (2025)
Fusconaia subrotunda kirtlandianaOrtmann (1919)
Fusconaia subtrotunda [sic]Ortmann (1925)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) subrotundaFrierson (1927)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) kirtlandianaFrierson (1927)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) pilarisFrierson (1927)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) bursa-pastorisFrierson (1927)
Fusconaia politaMorrison (1969)
Fusconaia kirtlandianaHaas (1969)
Fusconaia bursapastorisHaas (1969)
Fusconaia ebenaOesch (1984)
Fusconaia subrotunda subrotundaWatters et al. (2009), ITIS (2012)
Fusconaia subrotunda lesueurianaWatters et al. (2009)
Fusconaia subrotunda kirklandiana [sic]ITIS (2012)
Fusconaia subrotunda lesueriana [sic]ITIS (2012)
Fusconaia subrotunda pilarisITIS (2012)