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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina | Utterbackiana

species Utterbackiana suborbiculata (Say, 1831): synonymy

2 specimens + 1 Genbank voucher

Synonymy

Anodonta suborbiculata Say, 1831

Say, 1831. New Harm. Dissem. 1(31): [no pagination].
Say, 1831. Amer. Conch. 2: pl. 11.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 161.
Type(s): TYPE LOCALITY TYPE_LOCALITY_MP_004, Ponds near the Wabash.

Anodonta suborbiculataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Thiele (1934), Murray & Leonard (1962), R.I. Johnson (1969), ... McMurray et al. (2012), Williams et al. (2014), Pfeiffer et al. (2016), Smith et al. (2018), Marshall et al. (2018)
Unio (Anodonta) suborbiculataCall (1900)
Lastena suborbiculataUtterback (1915)
Anodonta (Utterbackiana) suborbiculataFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Utterbackiana suborbiculataModell (1945), Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Whelan et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Perkins et al. (2025), FMCS (2025)
Anodonta (Nayadina) suborbiculataHaas (1969)
Anodonta (Utterbackia) suborbiculataR.I. Johnson (1980)
Utterbackia suborbiculataGraf & Cummings (2007), Cummings & Graf (2010)

Anodonta (Nayadina) venusta de Gregorio, 1914

de Gregorio, 1914. Il Nat. Siciliano 2: 65, pl. 12, figs. 2a-b.
Type(s): TYPE LOCALITY TYPE_LOCALITY_MP_005, Sciota R. (Ohio).

Anodonta (Nayadina) venustade Gregorio (1914)
Anodonta venustaThiele (1934)
Anodonta (Nayadina) suborbiculataHaas (1969)
Anodonta grandis grandisR.I. Johnson (1980)
Anodonta suborbiculataParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Pyganodon grandis grandisWatters et al. (2009)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Anodonta suborbiculataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Thiele (1934), Murray & Leonard (1962), R.I. Johnson (1969), ... McMurray et al. (2012), Williams et al. (2014), Pfeiffer et al. (2016), Smith et al. (2018), Marshall et al. (2018)
Unio (Anodonta) suborbiculataCall (1900)
Anodonta (Nayadina) venustade Gregorio (1914)
Lastena suborbiculataUtterback (1915)
Anodonta (Utterbackiana) suborbiculataFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Anodonta venustaThiele (1934)
Utterbackiana suborbiculataModell (1945), Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Whelan et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Perkins et al. (2025), FMCS (2025)
Anodonta (Nayadina) suborbiculataHaas (1969)
Anodonta (Utterbackia) suborbiculataR.I. Johnson (1980)
Anodonta grandis grandisR.I. Johnson (1980)
Utterbackia suborbiculataGraf & Cummings (2007), Cummings & Graf (2010)
Pyganodon grandis grandisWatters et al. (2009)

 
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