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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Epioblasma obliquata

nominal species Unio sulcatus Lea, 1829

Unio sulcatus Lea, 1829 = Epioblasma obliquata

Lea, 1828. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3 [O. 1]: 269 [as ‘Unio ellipsis var. a’].
Lea, 1829. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3 [O. 1]: 430, pl. 8, fig. 12.
Say, 1830. Amer. Conch. 1: pl. 5, lower figs.
Type(s): SYNTYPES USNM_84803, Ohio.

= Epioblasma obliquata

Taxonomic Opinions

= Dysnomia sulcata sulcata Lea — ITIS, 2012

+ Epioblasma obliquata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Epioblasma obliquata Rafinesque, 1820 — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Plagiola obliquata (Rafinesque, 1820) — R.I. Johnson, 1980

= Dysnomia sulcata (Lea) — Mackie et al., 1980

+ Plagiola (Pilea) obliquata (Rafinesque, 1820) — R.I. Johnson, 1978

= Dysnomia sulcata (Lea, 1829) — Burch, 1975

= Dysnomia sulcata (Lea, 1829) — Stansbery, 1970

= Dysnomia (Pilea) sulcata (Lea, 1829) — Haas, 1969

= Dysnomia (Scalenilla) sulcata (Lea, 1829) — Haas, 1969

+ Plagiola ridibundus Say, 1831 — Morrison, 1969

= Epioblasma (sec. Scalenilla) sulcatus (Lea) — Thiele, 1934

= Dysnomia (Pilea) sulcata (Lea) — Haas, 1930

= Dysnomia (Pilea) sulcata (Lea, 1829) — Frierson, 1927

= Dysnomia (Scalenilla) sulcata (Lea) — Ortmann, 1925

= Dysnomia (s.s.) sulcata (Lea) — Ortmann, 1924

= Dysnomia (Scalenilla) sulcata (Lea, 1829) — Ortmann & Walker, 1922

+ Truncilla obliquata Raf. — Vanatta, 1915

= Truncilla (Scalenaria) sulcata (Lea, 1829) — Simpson, 1914

+ — de Gregorio, 1914

= Truncilla (Scalenaria) sulcata Lea — Simpson, 1900

= Unio (s.s.) sulcatus Lea, 1829 — Call, 1900

= Unio sulcatus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888

= Margaron (Unio) sulcatus (Lea) — Lea, 1870

= Unio sulcatus Lea, 1829 — Reeve, 1864

+ Unio ridibundus Say — Küster, 1862

= Unio (Lampsilis) sulcatus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857

+ Unio obliquata (Raf.) — Conrad, 1853

+ Scalenaria obliquata (Raf.) — Agassiz, 1852

= Margaron (Unio) sulcatus (Lea) — Lea, 1852

= Unio sulcatus Lea — Hanley, 1843

= Unio (s.s.) sulcata Lea, 1829 — Swainson, 1840

= Margarita (Unio) sulcatus Lea. Eat. Say. — Lea, 1838

= Margarita (Unio) sulcatus (Lea, 1829) — Lea, 1836

+ Unio obliquatus Raf. — Ferussac, 1835

= Unio sulcatus — Jay, 1835

= Unio sulcatus Lea, 1829 — Ravenel, 1834

= Unio sulcatus Lea — Lea, 1829