Publication Utterback (1915): summary

Full Citation

Utterback, W.I. 1915. The naiades of Missouri. III. American Midland Naturalist 4(5): 181-204. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Plethobasus cooperianus Utterback, 1915 = Cyclonaias tuberculata

‘Lea’ Utterback, 1915. Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(5): 183, pl. 20, fig. 57a-b.
(misidentified reference to Unio cooperianus Lea, 1834)

Pleurobema missourense Utterback, 1915 = Pleurobema sintoxia

‘Marsh’ Utterback, 1915. Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(5): 195.
(error for Pleurobema missouriensis Marsh, 1901)

Elliptio dilatata var. subgibbosa Utterback, 1915 = Eurynia dilatata

‘Lea’ Utterback, 1915. Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(5): 202-203, pl. 21, figs. 68a-d.
(misidentified reference to Unio subgibbosus Lea, 1857)

Quadrula (Cyclonaias) tuberculata utterbackiana Frierson, 1927 = Cyclonaias tuberculata

‘Lea’ Utterback, 1915. Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(5): 183, pl. 20, fig. 57a-b [as ‘Plethobasus cooperianus’].
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 52, sp. 224c.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Obliquaria (Rotundaria) tuberculata Rafinesque, 1820)

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Pleurobema utterbackii Frierson in Utterback, 1915 = Fusconaia ozarkensis

Frierson in Utterback, 1915. Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(5): 197, pl. 5, fig. 12a-b; pl 20, figs. 63A-D.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 57, sp. 247 [as ‘Q. (Fusconaia) utterbackii’].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) MCZ_271448, White R., Hollister, Taney Co., Missouri.

Taxonomic Opinions

Elliptio dilatata (Rafinesque) = Eurynia dilatata

+ Unio gibbosus Barnes, 1823

+ Unio arctior Lea, 1838

Elliptio dilatata delicata (Simpson) = Eurynia dilatata

Elliptio dilatata subgibbosa (Lea) = Elliptio arca + Elliptio arctata

+ Unio lazarus Lea, 1852

Elliptio nigra Rafinesque = Elliptio crassidens

+ Unio cuneatus Barnes, 1823

Plethobasus aesopus (Green) = Plethobasus cyphyus

+ Unio cyphia Rafinesque, 1820

There are 25 species taxonomic opinions attributed to this publication.

Pleurobema catillus (Conrad) = Pleurobema sintoxia

+ Unio solidus Lea, 1838

+ Unio solidus Lea, 1838

+ Unio fulgidus Lea, 1845

Pleurobema obliquum (Lamarck) = Pleurobema cordatum

+ Unio obliquus ‘Lamarck’ of Authors