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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina | Utterbackiana couperiana
nominal species Anodonta couperiana Lea, 1840
Anodonta couperiana Lea, 1840 = Utterbackiana couperiana
Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 289 [as ‘cowperiana’].
Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 227, pl. 20, fig. 46.
(correct name for Anodonta cowperiana Lea, 1840)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_86673 (by R.I. Johnson, 1965: 3), [Altamaha River] Hopeton, near Darien [McIntosh Co.], Georgia.
Taxonomic Opinions
= Utterbackiana couperiana (Lea, 1840) — Campbell & Lydeard, 2026: 294.
= Utterbackiana couperiana — Perkins et al., 2025: Table S1.
= Utterbackiana couperiana (Lea, 1840) — FMCS, 2025: [7].
= Anodonta couperiana — Galal-Khallaf et al., 2024: Fig. 6.
= Utterbackiana couperiana — Whelan et al., 2023: 13, Table S1.
= Utterbackiana couperiana (Lea, 1840) — Hopper et al., 2023.
= Utterbackiana couperiana (Lea, 1840) — Graf & Cummings, 2021: 15.
= Utterbackiana couperiana (I. Lea, 1840) — Bieler, 2021: 9.
= Utterbackiana couperiana (Lea, 1840) — FMCS, 2021: [7].
= Anodonta couperiana — Smith et al., 2018: 51.
= Utterbackiana couperiana (Lea, 1840) — Williams et al., 2017: 44.
= Anodonta couperiana Lea, 1840 — Williams et al., 2014: 148, text figs..
= Anodonta couperiana I. Lea, 1840 — ITIS, 2012: [web].
= Anodonta couperiana — Haag, 2012: 73.
= Anodonta couperiana Lea, 1840 — Williams et al., 2011: 6.
= Anodonta couperiana Lea, 1840 — Bogan, 2010: [2].
= Utterbackia couperiana — Cummings & Graf, 2010: 375, 378.
= Utterbackia couperiana (Lea, 1840) — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 305.
= Anodonta couperiana (Lea, 1840) — Zanatta et al., 2007: 212.
= Anodonta couperiana I. Lea, 1840 — Lee, 2006: 3.
= Anodonta couperiana — Krebs et al., 2003: 311.
= Anodonta couperiana (Lea, 1840) — Huang et al., 2002: 360.
= Anodonta couperiana Lea, 1840 — Bogan, 2002: 11.
= Anodonta couperiana — Turner et al., 2000: 781.
= Anodonta couperiana Lea, 1840 — Turgeon et al., 1998: 32.
= Anodonta couperiana — Lydeard et al., 1996: 1595.
= Anodonta couperiana I. Lea — Williams et al., 1993: 10.
= Anodonta couperiana — Hoeh, 1990: 63.
= Anodonta “couperiana” — Hoeh, 1990: 67.
= Anodonta couperiana (Lea, 1842) — Turgeon et al., 1988: 28.
= Anodonta (Utterbackia) couperiana Lea, 1840 — Kat, 1983: 362.
= Anodonta couperiana Lea, 1842 — Burch, 1975: 15.
= Anodonta (Utterbackia) couperiana Lea — Heard, 1975: 84.
= Anodonta (Utterbackia) couperiana Lea, 1840 — R.I. Johnson, 1972: 226, figs. 3B, 10A-B.
= Anodonta (Utterbackia) couperiana Lea, 1840 — R.I. Johnson, 1970: 365, pl. 16, fig. 4; pl. 17, fig. 1.
+ Anodonta (Lastena) cowperiana Lea, 1840 — Haas, 1969: 361.
= Anodonta couperiana Lea — R.I. Johnson, 1969: 34.
+ Anodonta cowperiana Lea, 1840 — Clench & Turner, 1956: 183, pl. 6, fig. 3.
= Lastena ohiensis couperiana Lea — Modell, 1945: 84.
= Anodonta (Lastena) couperiana Lea, 1840 — Frierson, 1927: 17, sp. 18.
+ Anodonta couperiana Lea, 1840 — Simpson, 1914: 398.
+ Anodonta gibbosa Say, 1824 — Simpson, 1900: 636.
= Anodonta couperiana Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888: [6].
= Margaron (Anodonta) couperiana (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 81.
= Anodon couperianus (Lea, 1840) — Sowerby, 1867: pl. 11, sp. 32.
= Anodonta couperiana Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857: 502.
= Anodonta couperiana Lea — Hanley, 1856: 387.
= Anodonta couperiana Lea — Conrad, 1853: 263.
= Margaron (Anodonta) couperiana (Lea) — Lea, 1852: 51.
