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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Ortmanniana ligamentina

nominal species Unio crassus Say, 1817

Unio crassus Say, 1817 = Ortmanniana ligamentina

Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 150, fig. 5.
specimen image from publicationBruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 249, fig. 1 [as Unio sp.].
‘LeSueur’ Say, 1817. Nich. Encyc. 2: [11], pl. 1, fig. 8.
‘LeSueur’ Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [16], pl. 1, fig. 8.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 49.
(homonym of Unio crassus Retzius, 1788)

= Ortmanniana ligamentina

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Actinonaias ligamentina ligamentina (Lamarck, 1819) — Watters et al., 2009

+ Actinonaias ligamentina (Lamarck, 1819) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Actinonaias ligamentina (Lamarck, 1819) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Actinonaias carinata carinata (Barnes, 1823) — Burch, 1975

+ Actinonaias carinatus (Barnes, 1823) — F.C. Baker, 1928

+ Actinonaias carinata (Barnes, 1823) — Ortmann & Walker, 1922

+ Lampsilis ligamentinus Lam. — Vanatta, 1915

+ Lampsilis (Eurynia) ligamentina (Lamarck, 1819) — Simpson, 1914

+ Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) ligamentinus Lamarck — Simpson, 1900

+ Unio (s.s.) ligamentinus Lamarck, 1819 — Call, 1900

+ Unio ligamentinus Lamarck — Call, 1895

+ Unio orbiculatus Hild. — B.H. Wright, 1888

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

= Unio crassus Say, 1817 — Sowerby, 1868

= Unio crassus Say — Sowerby, 1866

+ Unio fasciatus [Raf.] — Conrad, 1853

+ Unio (Elliptio) ligamentinus Lam. — Mörch, 1853

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

+ Unio ligamentinus Lamarck — Küster, 1848

= Unio crassus Say — Hanley, 1843

= Margarita (Unio) crassus Say. Bar. — Lea, 1838

= Unio crassus Say, 1817 — Conrad, 1836

= Margarita (Unio) crassus (Say, 1817) — Lea, 1836

= Unio crassus Say, Raf. — Ferussac, 1835

= Unio crassusJay, 1835

= Unio crassus Say — Lea, 1834

+ Unio crassidens Lamarck, 1819 — Menke, 1830

+ Unio cariosus Say — Lea, 1829

= Unio crassus ‘LeSueur’ Say — Hildreth, 1828

+ Unio peruviana Lamarck, 1819 — Bory de St. Vincent, 1827

= Unio crassusBarnes, 1823

+ Unio ellipticusBarnes, 1823

= Unio (Elliptio) crassa Say — Rafinesque, 1820

+ Unio crassidensLamarck, 1819

= Unio crassus Say, 1817 — Say, 1819

= Unio crassus Say, 1817 — Say, 1817

 
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