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Publication Ortmann (1914): summary

Full Citation

Ortmann, A.E. 1914. Studies in najades. Nautilus 28(3): 28-34. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1750481.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Lexingtonia Ortmann, 1914

Ortmann, 1914. Nautilus 28(3): 28.
Type species: Unio subplanus Conrad, 1837 (orig. desig.) = Fusconaia masoni

Attributed Nominal Species

Pleurobema fassinans Ortmann, 1913 = Pleurobema oviforme

(misidentified reference to Unio fassinans Lea, 1868)
‘Lea’ Ortmann, 1913. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 52(210): 310.
‘Lea’ Ortmann, 1914. Nautilus 28(3): 31.

Taxonomic Opinions

Elliptio lanceolatus (Lea) = Parvaspina lanceolata

Lexingtonia subplana (Conrad) = Fusconaia masoni

Pleurobema fassinans (Lea) = Pleuronaia barnesiana

Pleurobema friersoni (Wright, B.H.) = Pleurobema riddellii

Unio crassus Retzius

Unio pictorum (Linnaeus)

Unio tumidus Retzius

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