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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Quadrulini | Quadrulina | Theliderma cylindrica
nominal species Unio cylindricus Say, 1817
Unio cylindricus Say, 1817 = Theliderma cylindrica
Say, 1817. Nich. Encyc. 2: [13,] pl. 4, fig. 3.
Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [18,] pl. 4, fig. 3.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 52.
Type(s): NEOTYPE SMF_4310, N. Amerika.
Taxonomic Opinions
= Theliderma cylindrica (Say, 1817) — FMCS, 2025: [7].
= Theliderma cylindrica (Say, 1817) — Neemuchwala et al., 2023: 2, fig. 1d, Table 1.
= Theliderma cylindrica (Say, 1817) — Hopper et al., 2023.
= Theliderma cylindrica (Say, 1817) — Graf & Cummings, 2021: 20.
= Theliderma cylindrica (Say, 1817) — FMCS, 2021: [6].
= Quadrula cylindrica — Klymus et al., 2020: 4.
= Theliderma cylindrica (Say, 1817) — Lopes-Lima et al., 2019: [18], Table 7.
= Theliderma cylindrica (Say, 1817) — Williams et al., 2017: 43.
= Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica (Say, 1817) — ITIS, 2012: [web].
= Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica (Say, 1817) — Szumowski et al., 2012: 71.
= Quadrula cylindrica — Haag, 2012: 69.
= Quadrula cylindrica Say, 1817 — IUCN, 2012: [web].
= Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica (Say, 1817) — McMurray et al., 2012: 74.
= Quadrula cylindrica Say, 1817 — Bogan, 2010: [web].
= Theliderma cylindrica — Cummings & Graf, 2010: 376.
= Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica (Say, 1817) — Watters et al., 2009: 266, figs. 175-176.
= Quadrula cylindrica (Say, 1817) — Williams et al., 2008: 652.
= Theliderma cylindrica (Say, 1817) — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 308.
= Quadrula cylindrica (Say) — Jones et al., 2005: 91, Appendix 1.
= Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica — Serb et al., 2003: 9.
= Quadrula cylindrica (Say, 1817) — Cicerello & Schuster, 2003: 45, text fig..
= Quadrula cylindrica (Say, 1817) — Graf, 2002: 189, Table 3.
= Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica (Say) — Lydeard et al., 1999: 130.
= Quadrula cylindrica (Say, 1817) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998: 210, pl. 102.
= Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica (Say, 1817) — Turgeon et al., 1998: 37.
= Quadrula cylindricus (Say) — Strayer & Jirka, 1997: 97.
= Quadrula cylindrica — Rosenberg et al., 1997: 303.
= Quadrula cylindrica (Say, 1817) — Cummings & Mayer, 1997: 137.
= Quadrula cylindrica — Rosenberg et al., 1994: 112.
= Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica (Say) — Williams et al., 1993: 14.
= Quadrula cylindrica (Say, 1817) — Vidrine, 1993: 55, pl. 6, fig. U; pl. 7, figs. C-D.
= Quadrula cylindrica (Say, 1817) — Cummings & Mayer, 1992: 32, text fig..
= Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica (Say, 1817) — Turgeon et al., 1988: 32.
= Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica (Say, 1817) — Oesch, 1984: 91, text figs..
= Quadrula cylindrica (Say) — Davis & Fuller, 1981: 219.
= Quadrula cylindrica (Say, 1817) — R.I. Johnson, 1980: 89, List 1, sp. 7; Tables 2-3, 5.
= Quadrula cylindrica — Gordon et al., 1979: 34, Table 3.
= Quadrula cylindrica (Say, 1817) — Burch, 1975: 10.
= Quadrula cylindricus (Say, 1817) — Stansbery, 1970: 13.
= Orthonymus cylindricus (Say, 1817) — Haas, 1969: 308.
= Quadrula (Orthonymus) cylindrica (Say, 1817) — Haas, 1969: N437, fig. D34:3.
= Quadrula cylindrica (Say, 1817) — Murray & Leonard, 1962: 64, pl. 12, figs. 1-4.
= Quadrula (Orthonymus) cylindrica (Say) — Haas, 1930: 327.
= Quadrula (Orthonymus) cylindrica (Say, 1817) — Frierson, 1927: 51, sp. 220.
= Quadrula cylindrica (Say) — Ortmann, 1925: 337.
= Quadrula cylindrica (Say) — Ortmann, 1924: 17.
= Quadrula cylindrica (Say, 1817) — Ortmann, 1918: 542.
= Quadrula cylindrica (Say) — Utterback, 1915: 148, pl. 19, figs. 52a-b.
= Quadrula cylindrica Say — Vanatta, 1915: 556.
= Quadrula (s.s.) cylindrica (Say, 1817) — Simpson, 1914: 832.
= Unio cilindricus [sic] Barn. Say ! — de Gregorio, 1914: 41.
= Quadrula cylindrica (Say, 1817) — Ortmann, 1912: 256.
= Quadrula cylindrica (Say) — Ortmann, 1910: 140.
= Quadrula cylindrica (Say) — Ortmann, 1910: 116.
= Quadrula cylindrica Say — Ortmann, 1909: 101.
= Quadrula cylindrica (Say) — Ortmann, 1909: 198.
= Quadrula (s.s.) cylindrica (Say, 1817) — Simpson, 1900: 773.
= Unio (s.s.) cylindricus Say, 1817 — Call, 1900: 468, pl. 29.
= Unio cylindricus Say — Pilsbry & Rhoads, 1896: 501.
= Unio cylindricus Say, 1816 — Call, 1895: 15, pl. 11.
= Unio cylindricus Say — B.H. Wright, 1888: [2].
= Unio (Limnium sec. Orthonymus) cylindricus Say — Fischer, 1886: 1000.
= Unio cylindricus Say — Lewis, 1871: 218.
= Margaron (Unio) cylindricus (Say) — Lea, 1870: 35.
= Unio cylindricus Say, 1817 — Sowerby, 1867: pl. 60, sp. 300.
= Unio cylindricus Say — Küster, 1861: 194, pl. 62, figs. 1-2.
= Unio (Iridea) cylindricus Say — Adams & Adams, 1857: 496.
= Unio cylindricus Say — Conrad, 1853: 248.
= Unio (Orthonymus) cylindricus Say — Mørch, 1853: 44.
= Orthonymus cylindricus (Say) — Agassiz, 1852: 48.
= Margaron (Unio) cylindricus (Say) — Lea, 1852: 23.
= Unio cylindricus Say — Hanley, 1843: 182, pl. 20, fig. 31.
= Unio (Theliderma) cylindrica Say, 1817 — Swainson, 1840: 271, 272-273, fig. 54c; 275.
= Margarita (Unio) cylindricus Say. Eat. Hild. — Lea, 1838: 16.
= Margarita (Unio) cylindricus (Say, 1817) — Lea, 1836: 17.
= Unio cylindricus Say — Ferussac, 1835: 27.
= Unio cylindricus — Jay, 1835: 17.
= Unio cylindricus Say, 1817 — Ravenel, 1834: 6.
= Unio cylindricus Say — Lea, 1834: 89.
+ Unio naviformis Lamk. — Deshayes, 1832: 580.
= Unio cylindricus Say — Lea, 1829: 417.
= Unio cylindricus — Hildreth, 1828: 283, figs. 13a-b.
= Unio (Eurynia) solenoides var. cylindrica Say — Rafinesque, 1820: 298.
+ Unio naviformis — Lamarck, 1819: 75.
= Unio cylindricus Say, 1817 — Say, 1819: sp. 9, pl. 4, fig. 3.
= Unio cylindricus Say, 1817 — Say, 1817: sp. 8, pl. 4, fig. 3.
