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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Obovaria retusa

nominal species Obovaria torsa Rafinesque, 1820

Obovaria torsa Rafinesque, 1820 = Obovaria retusa

Rafinesque, 1819. Jour. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. 88: 427 [as ‘U. (Obovaria) torsa’]. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 311, pl. 82, figs. 1-3 [also as ‘Unio torsa’].
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 29, 54.
Type(s): NEOTYPE ANSP_20256, Kentucky River.

= Obovaria retusa

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819) — Watters et al., 2009

+ Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

+ Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819) — Burch, 1975

+ Obovaria (s.s.) retusa (Lamarck, 1819) — Haas, 1969

+ Obovaria (s.s.) retusa (Lamarck, 1819) — Frierson, 1927

+ Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819) — Ortmann & Walker, 1922

+ Obovaria retusa Lam. — Vanatta, 1915

= Obovaria torsa Rafinesque, 1820 — Simpson, 1914

+ — de Gregorio, 1914

= Obovaria torsa Rafinesque, 1820 — Simpson, 1900

+ Unio retusus Lamarck, 1819 — Call, 1895

+ Margaron (Unio) retusus (Lam.) — Lea, 1870

+ Unio retusus Lamarck, 1819 — Sowerby, 1868

= Unio (Obovaria) torsus (Rafin.) — Adams & Adams, 1857

+ Unio retusus Lam. — Conrad, 1853

= Unio (Obovaria) torsus (Raf.) — Mörch, 1853

= Obovaria torsus Raf. — Agassiz, 1852

+ Margaron (Unio) retusus (Lam.) — Lea, 1852

+ Unio retusus Lamarck — Küster, 1852

+ Unio retusus Lam. — Hanley, 1843

= Unio (s.s.) torsa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Swainson, 1840

+ Margarita (Unio) retusus Lam. Con. — Lea, 1838

+ Unio retusus Lamarck, 1819 — Conrad, 1836

+ Margarita (Unio) retusus (Lamarck, 1819) — Lea, 1836

+ Unio retusa Lam. — Ferussac, 1835

= Unio torsus — Jay, 1835

= Unio torsus (Rafinesque, 1820) — Ravenel, 1834

= Unio torsa (Rafinesque) — Lea, 1834

= Unio torsus Rafin. — Lea, 1829

= Obovaria torsa — Rafinesque, 1820

= Unio (Obovaria) torsa — Rafinesque, 1819