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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Obovaria retusa

nominal species Unio retusa Lamarck, 1819

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Unio retusa Lamarck, 1819 = Obovaria retusa

Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 72, sp. 9.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MPL_0043, Habite les rivières de la Nouvelle Ecosse. A. Michaud. [Lives in the rivers of Nova Scotia. A. Michaud."].

= Obovaria retusa

Taxonomic Opinions

= Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819) — FMCS, 2025

= Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819) — Hopper et al., 2023

= Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

= Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819) — FMCS, 2021

= Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819) — Watters, 2018

= Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819) — Williams et al., 2017

= Obovaria retusaInoue et al., 2013

= Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819) — ITIS, 2012

= Obovaria retusaHaag, 2012

= Obovaria retusa Lamarck, 1819 — Bogan, 2010

= Obovaria retusaCummings & Graf, 2010

= Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819) — Watters et al., 2009

= Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819) — Williams et al., 2008

= Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

= Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819) — Cicerello & Schuster, 2003

= Obovaria retusa (Lam., 1819) — Graf, 2002

= Obovaria retusa (Lamarck) — Lydeard et al., 1999

= Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

= Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819) — Turgeon et al., 1998

= Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819) — Cummings & Mayer, 1997

= Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819) — IUCN, 1996

= Obovaria retusa (Lamarck) — Williams et al., 1993

= Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819) — Cummings & Mayer, 1992

= Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819) — Turgeon et al., 1988

= Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819) — R.I. Johnson, 1980

= Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819) — Burch, 1975

= Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819) — Stansbery, 1970

= Obovaria (s.s.) retusa (Lamarck, 1819) — Haas, 1969

= Obovaria (s.s.) retusa (Lamarck, 1819) — Haas, 1969

= Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819) — R.I. Johnson, 1969

= Obovaria (s.s.) retusa (Lamarck) — Thiele, 1934

= Obovaria (s.s.) retusa (Lam.) — Haas, 1930

= Obovaria (s.s.) retusa (Lamarck, 1819) — Frierson, 1927

= Obovaria (s.s.) retusa (Lamarck) — Ortmann, 1925

= Obovaria (s.s.) retusa (Lamarck) — Ortmann, 1924

= Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819) — Ortmann & Walker, 1922

= Obovaria (s.s.) retusa (Lamarck, 1819) — Ortmann, 1918

= Obovaria retusa Lam. — Vanatta, 1915

= Obovaria (s.s.) retusa (Lamarck, 1819) — Simpson, 1914

= Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819) — Ortmann, 1912

= Obovaria retusa (Lam.) — Ortmann, 1910

= Obovaria retusa Lam. — Ortmann, 1909

= Obovaria retusa (Lamarck) — Ortmann, 1909

= Obovaria (s.s.) retusa (Lamarck, 1819) — Simpson, 1900

= Unio (s.s.) retusus Lamarck, 1819 — Call, 1900

= Unio retusus Lamarck, 1819 — Call, 1895

= Unio retusus Lam. — B.H. Wright, 1888

= Unio (Limnium sec. Obovaria) retusus Lamarck — Fischer, 1887

= Margaron (Unio) retusus (Lam.) — Lea, 1870

= Unio retusus Lamarck, 1819 — Sowerby, 1868

= Unio retusus Lam. — Conrad, 1853

+ Unio (Obovaria) torsus (Raf.) — Mörch, 1853

+ Obovaria torsus Raf. — Agassiz, 1852

= Margaron (Unio) retusus (Lam.) — Lea, 1852

= Unio retusus Lamarck — Küster, 1852

= Unio retusus Lam. — Hanley, 1843

= Margarita (Unio) retusus Lam. Con. — Lea, 1838

= Unio retusus Lamarck, 1819 — Conrad, 1836

= Margarita (Unio) retusus (Lamarck, 1819) — Lea, 1836

= Unio retusa Lam. — Ferussac, 1835

+ Unio torsa (Rafinesque) — Lea, 1834

= Unio retusus Lamarck, 1819 — Menke, 1830

+ Lea, 1829

= Unio retusus Lamarck, 1819 — Menke, 1828

= Unio retusaLamarck, 1819

 
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