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species Plethobasus cooperianus (Lea, 1834): synonymy

0 specimens

Synonymy

Unio cooperianus Lea, 1834

specimen image from publicationLea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 61 [173], pl. 8, fig. 21.
Type(s): TYPE LOST XXX_UNKNOWN, [locality unknown].

Quadrula (sec. Theliderma) cooperiana — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (s.s.) cooperianus — Call (1900)
Quadrula cooperiana — Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909)
Pleurobema cooperiana — Ortmann (1910)
Plethobasus cooperianus — Ortmann (1912), Ortmann (1918), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), Stansbery (1970), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
“Plethobasus cooperianus” ** — Utterback (1915)
Quadrula (Striata) striata — Frierson (1927)
Quadrula (Luteacarnea) striata — Haas (1969)
Plethobasus striatus — Morrison (1969)

Unio striatus Reeve, 1864

(misidentified reference to Obovaria striata Rafinesque, 1820; error for Unio cooperianus Lea, 1834)
specimen image from publication‘Rafinesque’ Reeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 8, sp. 30 [changed to ‘cooperianus’ in the errata].

Quadrula (sec. Theliderma) cooperiana — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Quadrula (Striata) striata — Frierson (1927)
Plethobasus cooperianus — Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Watters et al. (2009)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Quadrula (sec. Theliderma) cooperiana — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (s.s.) cooperianus — Call (1900)
Quadrula cooperiana — Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909)
Pleurobema cooperiana — Ortmann (1910)
Plethobasus cooperianus — Ortmann (1912), Ortmann (1918), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), Stansbery (1970), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
“Plethobasus cooperianus” ** — Utterback (1915)
Quadrula (Striata) striata — Frierson (1927)
Quadrula (Luteacarnea) striata — Haas (1969)
Plethobasus striatus — Morrison (1969)