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Publication Ortmann (1923): summary

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Full Citation

Ortmann, A.E. 1923. The anatomy and taxonomy of certain Unioninae and Anodontinae from the Gulf Drainage. Nautilus 36(3): 73-84. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Taxonomic Opinions

Amblema perplicatus (Conrad) = Amblema plicata

Amblema perplicatus elliotti (Lea, 1856) = Amblema elliottii

Fusconaia barnesiana = Pleuronaia barnesiana

Fusconaia barnesiana var. bigbyensis (Lea) = Pleuronaia barnesiana

Fusconaia ozarkensis (Call)

Fusconaia succissa (Lea) = Pustulosa succissa

Lasmigona (Alasminota) holstonia (Lea, 1839) = Alasminota holstonia
+ Margaritana georgiana Lea, 1859
+ Sulcularia badia Rafinesque, 1831
+ Margaritana etowahensis Lea, 1858

Lasmigona (Alasminota) holstonia (Lea, 1839) = Sulcularia viridis

Lasmigona (Alasminota) holstonia (Lea, 1839) = Alasminota etowaensis

Megalonaias heros Say = Megalonaias nervosa

Megalonaias triumphans (Wright) = Megalonaias nervosa

Pleurobema georgianum (Lea, 1841)
+ Unio favosus Lea, 1857

Pleurobema hagleri (Frierson, 1900) = Pleurobema rubellum

Pleurobema modicum (Lea, 1857) = Pleurobema pyriforme
+ Unio striatus Lea, 1840
+ Unio amabilis Lea, 1865

Pleurobema patsaligense Simpson, 1900 = Pleurobema strodeanum

Quadrula asperata (Lea, 1861) = Pustulosa kieneriana