Publication Ortmann (1912): summary

Full Citation

Ortmann, A.E. 1912. Notes upon the families and genera of the najades. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 8: 222-365. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Amygdalonajas Ortmann, 1909

Ortmann, 1909. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 5: 192.
Ortmann, 1912. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 8: 327.
Ortmann, 1914. Nautilus 28(6): 67.
(error for Amygdalonaias Fischer & Crosse, 1894)
Type species: Unio cognatus Lea, 1860 = Truncilla cognata

Friersonia Ortmann, 1912

Ortmann, 1912. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 8: 318.
Type species: Lampsilis iridella Pilsbry & Frierson, 1908 (orig. desig.) = Friersonia iridella

Fusconaja Ortmann, 1912

Ortmann, 1912. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 8: 240.
Ortmann, 1913. Nautilus 27(8): 89.
(error for Fusconaia Simpson, 1900)
Type species: Unio trigonus Lea, 1831 = Fusconaia flava

Nephronajas Ortmann, 1912

‘Crosse & Fischer’ of Authors.
Ortmann, 1912. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 8: 324.
Baker, 1916. Tech. Publ. New York State Coll. Forestry (4): 75.
(error for Nephronaias Fischer & Crosse, 1894)
Type species: Unio plicatulus Küster, 1856 = Nephronaias aztecorum

Paraptera Ortmann, 1911

Ortmann, 1911. Mem. Carnegie Mus. 4: 301.
Ortmann, 1912. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 8: 330.
Type species: Unio gracilis Barnes, 1823 (orig. desig.) = Potamilus fragilis

Rotundaria Agassiz, 1852

‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Agassiz, 1852. Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 48.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 765.
Ortmann, 1909. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 5: 201.
Ortmann, 1910. Nautilus 23(11): 140.
Ortmann, 1912. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 8: 257.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 811.
Utterback, 1915. Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(4): 149.
Ortmann, 1918. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 57(6): 543.
Haas, 1929. Senckenbergiana 11: 333.
Haas, 1930. Senckenbergiana 12(6): 319.
(reference to Rotundaria Rafinesque, 1820)
Type species: Obliquaria (Rotundaria) tuberculata Rafinesque, 1820 = Cyclonaias tuberculata

Symphynota Simpson, 1900

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 662.
Ortmann, 1912. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 8: 280.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 480.
Ortmann, 1914. Nautilus 28(4): 41.
(reference to Symphynota Lea, 1829)
Type species: Symphynota compressa Lea, 1829 (orig. desig.) = Platynaias compressa

Attributed Nominal Species

Truncilla florentina Ortmann, 1912 = Epioblasma capsaeformis

‘Lea’ Ortmann, 1912. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 8: 359.
(misidentified reference to Unio florentinus Lea, 1857)

Margaritana hembeli ‘Conrad’ of Authors = Margaritifera marrianae

‘Conrad’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 679.
Ortmann, 1912. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 8: 235, fig. 3.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 523. [in part]
Clench & Turner, 1956. Bull. Fla. State Mus. 1: 148, pl. 5, fig. 1.
(misidentified reference to Unio hembeli Conrad, 1838)

Quadrula lachrymosa ‘Lea’ of Authors = Quadrula quadrula

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 378.
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 177.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 256.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 497.
specimen image from publicationReeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 9, sp. 33.
Call, 1895. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 7: 21.
F.C. Baker, 1898. Bull. Chicago Acad. Sci. 3(1): 83, pl. 25, fig. 1; pl. 12, fig. 2.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 776.
Call, 1900. Ind. Dept. Geol. Nat. Res. (1899): 489.
Ortmann, 1909. Nautilus 22(10): 100.
Ortmann, 1909. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 5: 199.
Ortmann, 1910. Nautilus 23(11): 140.
Ortmann, 1910. Nautilus 23: 116.
Ortmann, 1912. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 8: 253.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 839, 841.
Vanatta, 1915. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 67: 556.
Ortmann & Walker, 1922. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (112): 14, 16.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 47.
F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 84.
R.I. Johnson, 1980. Bull. MCZ 149(2): 90.
Vidrine, 1993. Histr. Distr. Freshw. Mussels LA: 53.
Strayer & Jirka, 1997. Pearly Mussels NY (26): 98.
(error for Unio lacrymosus Lea, 1828)

Unio obliquus ‘Lamarck’ of Authors = Pleurobema cordatum

‘Lamarck’ of Authors.
Call, 1900. Ind. Dept. Geol. Nat. Res. (1899): 501, pl. 57.
Ortmann, 1912. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 8: 264.
(reference to Unio obliqua Lamarck, 1819)

Unio popeii of Authors = Popenaias berezai

of Authors.
Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(16): 605 [as ‘Unio (Graphonaias) popei’].
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 504 [as ‘Unio (Nephronaias) popei’].
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 738 [as ‘Unio (sec. Elliptio)’]. [in part]
Pilsbry, 1910. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 61: 535. [in part]
Ortmann, 1912. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 8: 271 [as ‘Elliptio’].
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 700 [as ‘Unio (sec. Elliptio)’]. [in part]
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 38 [as ‘Elliptio (Popenaias)’]. [in part]
Haas, 1929. Senckenbergiana 11: 330 [as ‘Elliptio (Popenaias)’]. [in part]
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 201 [as ‘Nephronaias (Popenaias)’]. [in part]
Graf & Cummings, 2007. J. Moll. Studies 73: 308 [as ‘Popenaias’]. [in part]
Pfeiffer et al., 2019. Zool. Scripta 48: 504 [as ‘Popenaias’]. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Unio popeii Lea, 1857)

Taxonomic Opinions

Alasmidonta heterodon (Lea, 1829) = Prolasmidonta heterodon

Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1819

Alasmidonta minor (Lea, 1845) = Sulcularia viridis

Alasmidonta undulata (Say, 1817)

Amygdalonajas [sic] elegans (Lea, 1831) = Truncilla truncata

There are 128 species taxonomic opinions attributed to this publication.

Dromus dromas (Lea, 1834)

Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck, 1819)

Elliptio jayensis (Lea, 1838)

Friersonia iridella (Pilsbry & Frierson, 1907)

Fusconaia cerina (Conrad, 1838)

Fusconaia lananensis (Frierson, 1901)

Lamellidens marginalis (Lamarck, 1819)

Lampsilis cariosa (Say, 1817)

Lampsilis hydiana (Lea, 1838)

Lampsilis ovata (Say, 1817)

Lampsilis radiata (Gmelin, 1791)

Lastena lata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Hemistena lata

Obliquaria reflexa Rafinesque, 1820

Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819)

Obovaria unicolor (Lea, 1845)

Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819)

Pleurobema decisum (Lea, 1831)

Unio crassus Retzius, 1788

Unio crassus musivus Spengler, 1793 = Unio crassus

+ Mya batava Maton & Rackett, 1807

Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Unio tumidus Retzius, 1788