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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Ellipsaria lineolata

nominal species Obliquaria (Plagiola) depressa Rafinesque, 1820

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Obliquaria (Plagiola) depressa Rafinesque, 1820 = Ellipsaria lineolata

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.
(renamed Unio compressus Rafinesque, 1831)
Type(s): NEOTYPE ANSP_20207, Ohio River.

= Ellipsaria lineolata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Ellipsaria lineolata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Watters et al., 2009

+ Ellipsaria lineolata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Ellipsaria lineolata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Ellipsaria lineolata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Oesch, 1984

+ Ellipsaria lineolata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Burch, 1975

+ Plagiola lineolata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Haas, 1969

= Plagiola depressa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Haas, 1969

+ Plagiola lineolata (Rafinesque, 1820) — F.C. Baker, 1928

+ Plagiola lineolata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Frierson, 1927

+ Plagiola lineolata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Ortmann & Walker, 1922

+ Plagiola lineolata Raf. — Vanatta, 1915

+ Plagiola (s.s.) securis (Lea, 1829) — Simpson, 1914

+ Plagiola (s.s.) securis (Lea, 1829) — Simpson, 1900

+ Margaron (Unio) securis (Lea) — Lea, 1870

+ Unio securis Lea, 1829 — Sowerby, 1868

+ Unio lineolatus Rafinesque — Küster, 1861

+ Unio lineolatus var. Rafinesque — Küster, 1861

+ Unio lineolatus (Raf.) — Conrad, 1853

+ Margaron (Unio) securis (Lea) — Lea, 1852

+ Unio camelus Lea — Hanley, 1843

+ Margarita (Unio) securis Lea. Eat. — Lea, 1838

+ Margarita (Unio) securis (Lea, 1829) — Lea, 1836

+ Unio lineolatus Raf. — Ferussac, 1835

+ Unio securis Lea, 1829 — Ravenel, 1834

+ Obliquaria (Plagiola) compressus (Rafinesque, 1831) — Rafinesque, 1831

+ Unio securis Lea — Lea, 1829

= Obliquaria (Plagiola) depressaRafinesque, 1820

= Unio (Plagiola) depressaRafinesque, 1819

 
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