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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Ortmann (1924): summary
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Complete 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

Fusconaia cor var. analoga Ortmann, 1918
‘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.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE CM_61.6326, Clinch River, Speer’s Ferry, Scott Co., Virginia.

Lampsilis nashvillensis Agassiz, 1852
‘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.

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

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