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species Ellipsaria lineolata (Rafinesque, 1820): synonymy

4 specimens + 3 GenBank vouchers

Synonymy

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Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) ellipsaria Rafinesque, 1820

Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 303 [also as ‘U. ellipsaria’].
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 48.
Type(s): NEOTYPE ANSP_20233, Ohio River.

Plagiola lineolataVanatta (1915), Ortmann & Walker (1922)
Ellipsaria lineolataBurch (1975), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) ellipsaria var. fusca Rafinesque, 1820

(intro'd as intra-sp. of Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) ellipsaria Rafinesque, 1820)
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 303.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 48.

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Obliquaria (Plagiola) depressa Rafinesque, 1820

(renamed Unio compressus Rafinesque, 1831)
Rafinesque, 1819. Jour. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. 88: 426 [as ‘Unio (Plagiola) depressa’]. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 302, pl. 81, figs. 5-7 [also as ‘U. depressa’].
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 29, 47.
Type(s): NEOTYPE ANSP_20207, Ohio River.

Plagiola (s.s.) securisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Plagiola lineolataVanatta (1915), Ortmann & Walker (1922), Frierson (1927), F.C. Baker (1928), Haas (1969)
Plagiola depressaHaas (1969)
Ellipsaria lineolataBurch (1975), Oesch (1984), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)

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Obliquaria (Plagiola) lineolata Rafinesque, 1820

Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 303 [also as ‘U. linéolata’].
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 47.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_20242, Ohio River.

Unio (s.s.) lineolatusCall (1900)
Plagiola lineolataVanatta (1915), Ortmann (1918), Ortmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), Frierson (1927), F.C. Baker (1928), Murray & Leonard (1962), Haas (1969), Gordon et al. (1979), Mathiak (1979)
Crenodonta lineolataMorrison (1969)
Ellipsaria lineolataBurch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Oesch (1984), Turgeon et al. (1988), Cummings & Mayer (1992), ... Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023), Saxon et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

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Unio securis Lea, 1829

specimen image from publicationLea, 1829. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3 [O. 1]: 437 [51], pl. 11, fig. 17.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84475, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Plagiola (s.s.) securisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (s.s.) lineolatusCall (1900)
Plagiola securisOrtmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910), Ortmann (1912), Utterback (1916)
Unio securisde Gregorio (1914)
Plagiola lineolataVanatta (1915), Ortmann (1918), Ortmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1924), Frierson (1927), F.C. Baker (1928), Murray & Leonard (1962), Haas (1969)
Plagiolopsis securisThiele (1934)
Plagiola depressaHaas (1969)
Crenodonta lineolataMorrison (1969)
Ellipsaria lineolataBurch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Oesch (1984), Vidrine (1993), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)

Unio compressus Rafinesque, 1831

(new name for Obliquaria (Plagiola) depressa Rafinesque, 1820; homonym of Unio compressus Sowerby, 1829)
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 4.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 77.

Ellipsaria lineolataWilliams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)

Unio lineolatus ‘Rafinesque’ of Authors

(reference to Obliquaria (Plagiola) lineolata Rafinesque, 1820)
‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
‘Rafinesque’ Say, 1834. Amer. Conch. 6: pl. 68.
‘Rafinesque’ Conrad, 1834. New Fresh-Water Shells: 70.

Plagiola (s.s.) securisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Ellipsaria lineolataWatters et al. (2009)

Unio securis Deshayes, 1832

(reference to Unio securis Lea, 1829)
Deshayes, 1832. Enc. Méth. 2 (Deuxième partie): 578.
Deshayes, 1835. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 550.

Plagiola (s.s.) securisSimpson (1900)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Plagiola (s.s.) securisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (s.s.) lineolatusCall (1900)
Plagiola securisOrtmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910), Ortmann (1912), Utterback (1916)
Unio securisde Gregorio (1914)
Plagiola lineolataVanatta (1915), Ortmann (1918), Ortmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), Frierson (1927), F.C. Baker (1928), Murray & Leonard (1962), Haas (1969), Gordon et al. (1979), Mathiak (1979)
Plagiolopsis securisThiele (1934)
Plagiola depressaHaas (1969)
Crenodonta lineolataMorrison (1969)
Ellipsaria lineolataBurch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Oesch (1984), Turgeon et al. (1988), Cummings & Mayer (1992), ... Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023), Saxon et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)