Publication Ortmann (1924): summary

Full Citation

Ortmann, A.E. 1924. The naiad-fauna of Duck River in Tennessee. American Midland Naturalist 9(1): 18-62. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Alasminota Ortmann, 1914

Ortmann, 1914. Nautilus 28(4): 41.
Ortmann & Walker, 1922. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (112): 33.
Ortmann, 1923. Nautilus 36(3): 83.
Ortmann, 1924. Amer. Midl. Nat. 9(1): 22.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Symphynota Lea, 1829)
Type species: Margaritana holstonia Lea, 1838 (orig. desig.) = Alasminota holstonia

Conradilla Ortmann, 1921

Ortmann, 1921. Nautilus 34: 90.
Ortmann & Walker, 1922. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (112): 56.
Ortmann, 1924. Amer. Midl. Nat. 9(1): 30.
Type species: Unio caelatus Conrad, 1834 (original designation) = Lemiox rimosus

Scalenilla Ortmann & Walker, 1922

Ortmann & Walker, 1922. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (112): 68.
Ortmann, 1924. Amer. Midl. Nat. 9(1): 43.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Dysnomia Agassiz, 1852)
Type species: Unio sulcatus Lea, 1829 (orig. desig.) = Epioblasma obliquata

Attributed Nominal Species

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Fusconaia cor var. analoga Ortmann, 1918 = Fusconaia cor

‘Lea’ Reeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 15, sp. 65 [as ‘Unio edgarianus’].
Ortmann, 1918. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 57(6): 533.
Ortmann, 1924. Amer. Midl. Nat. 9(1): 43.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio cor Conrad, 1834)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE CM_61.6326, Clinch River, Speer’s Ferry, Scott Co., Virginia.

Unio catilus ‘Conrad’ of Authors = Pleurobema sintoxia

‘Conrad’ of Authors.
B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [2].
Ortmann, 1924. Amer. Midl. Nat. 9(1): 38.
(error for Unio catillus Conrad, 1836)

Lampsilis nashvillensis ‘Lea’ of Authors = Sagittunio subrostratus

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Agassiz, 1852. Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 44.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 45.
B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [4].
Ortmann, 1924. Amer. Midl. Nat. 9(1): 32.
(error for Unio nashvillianus Lea, 1834)

Taxonomic Opinions

Actinonaias carinata (Barnes) = Ortmanniana ligamentina

Actinonaias carinata var. gibba (Simpson) = Ortmanniana ligamentina

Actinonaias pectorosa (Conrad) = Ortmanniana pectorosa

+ Unio perdix Lea, 1834

Alasmidonta (Decurambis) marginata (Say) = Alasmidonta marginata

Alasmidonta (Decurambis) raveneliana (Lea) = Alasmidonta raveneliana

There are 128 species taxonomic opinions attributed to this publication.

Amblema costata Rafinesque = Amblema plicata

+ Unio perplicatus Conrad, 1841

+ Unio undulatus Hanley, 1843

Dysnomia (Pilea) turgidula (Lea) = Epioblasma turgidula + Epioblasma curtisii

+ Unio deviatus Reeve, 1864

+ Truncilla curtisii Frierson & Utterback in Utterback, 1916

Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque)

Lampsilis fasciola (Rafinesque)

+ Unio perradiatus Lea, 1858

+ Unio multiradiatus Lea, 1829

Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque) = Potamilus fragilis

+ Unio gracilis Barnes, 1823

Plethobasus cyphyus (Rafinesque)

Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque)

Pleurobema oviforme (Conrad)

+ Unio clinchensis Lea, 1867

+ Unio lesleyi Lea, 1860

+ Unio patulus Conrad, 1838

+ Unio clavus Call, 1885

Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque)

Quadrula verrucosa (Rafinesque)

Truncilla truncata (Rafinesque)

+ Unio elegans Lea, 1831