Publication Ortmann (1918): summary

Full Citation

Ortmann, A.E. 1918. The nayades (freshwater mussels) of the Upper Tennessee drainage, with notes on synonymy and distribution. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 57(6): 521-626. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

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

Attributed Nominal Species

image of type lot

Fusconaia cor var. analoga Ortmann, 1918 = Fusconaia cor

‘Lea’ Reeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 15, sp. 65 [as ‘Unio edgarianus’].
Ortmann, 1918. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 57(6): 533.
Ortmann, 1924. Amer. Midl. Nat. 9(1): 43.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio cor Conrad, 1834)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE CM_61.6326, Clinch River, Speer’s Ferry, Scott Co., Virginia.

Unio (Hyridella) muehlfeldtianus Adams & Adams, 1857 = Cambarunio dactylus

‘Lea’ Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 494 [as ‘mühlfeldtianus’].
Ortmann, 1918. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 57(6): 577.
(error for Unio muhlfeldianus Lea, 1838)

Taxonomic Opinions

Alasmidonta (Decurambis) atropurpurea (Raf., 1831) = Alasmidonta atropurpurea

Alasmidonta (Decurambis) marginata Say, 1819 = Alasmidonta marginata

Alasmidonta (Decurambis) raveneliana (Lea, 1834) = Alasmidonta raveneliana

Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) minor (Lea, 1845) = Sulcularia viridis

Amblema plicata costata Rafinesque, 1820 = Amblema plicata

There are 217 species taxonomic opinions attributed to this publication.

Amygdalonaias truncata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Truncilla truncata

+ Unio elegans Lea, 1831

Cyprogenia stegaria (Rafinesque, 1820)

+ Unio irroratus Lea, 1828

Dromus dromas (Lea, 1834)

Elliptio dilatatus (Rafinesque, 1820) = Eurynia dilatata

+ Unio gibbosus Barnes, 1823

Elliptio niger (Rafinesque, 1820) = Elliptio crassidens

+ Unio crassidens Lamarck, 1819

Eurynia (Micromya) vanuxemensis (Lea, 1838) = Leaunio vanuxemensis + Leaunio umbrans

+ Unio nitens Lea, 1840

+ Unio umbrosus Lea, 1857

+ Unio umbrans Lea, 1857

+ Unio tenebricus Lea, 1857

+ Unio pybasii Lea, 1858

+ Unio fabaceus Lea, 1861

+ Unio copei Lea, 1868

+ Unio caliginosus Pilsbry & Rhoads, 1896

Fusconaia barnesiana (Lea, 1838) = Pleuronaia barnesiana

+ Unio meredithii Lea, 1858

+ Unio pudicus Lea, 1860

+ Unio lyonii Lea, 1865

+ Unio tellicoensis Lea, 1872

+ Unio lenticularis Lea, 1872

Fusconaia cor (Conrad, 1834)

+ Unio edgarianus Lea, 1840

+ Unio obuncus Lea, 1871

+ Unio andersonensis Lea, 1872

Fusconaia cuneolus (Lea, 1840)

+ Unio cuneatus Reeve, 1864

Lampsilis fasciola Rafinesque, 1820

+ Unio multiradiatus Lea, 1829

+ Unio perradiatus Lea, 1858

Lastena lata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Hemistena lata

+ Unio dehiscens Say, 1829

Lemiox rimosus (Rafinesque, 1831)

+ Unio caelatus Conrad, 1834

Nephronaias pectorosa (Conrad, 1834) = Ortmanniana pectorosa

+ Unio perdix Lea, 1834

+ Unio biangularis Lea, 1840

+ Unio biangulatus Lea, 1840

Obliquaria reflexa Rafinesque, 1820

Paraptera fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) = Potamilus fragilis

+ Unio gracilis Barnes, 1823

Pegias fabula (Lea, 1836)

Plagiola lineolata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Ellipsaria lineolata

+ Unio securis Lea, 1829

Plethobasus cyphyus (Rafinesque, 1820)

Pleurobema oviforme (Conrad, 1834) = Pleurobema oviforme + Pleuronaia barnesiana

+ Unio ravenelianus Lea, 1834

+ Unio patulus Conrad, 1838

+ Unio lesleyi Lea, 1860

+ Unio ornatus Lea, 1861

+ Unio clinchensis Lea, 1867

+ Unio conasaugaensis Lea, 1872

Pleurobema oviforme argenteum (Lea, 1841) = Pleurobema oviforme

+ Pleurobema fassinans Ortmann, 1913

+ Unio striatissimus J.G. Anthony, 1865

+ Unio planior Lea, 1868

+ Unio brevis Lea, 1872

+ Unio swordianus S.H. Wright, 1897

Pleurobema oviforme holstonense (Lea, 1840) = Pleurobema oviforme

+ Unio mundus Lea, 1857

+ Unio tesserulae Lea, 1861

+ Unio pattinoides Lea, 1871

+ Unio acuens Lea, 1871

+ Unio lawii Lea, 1871

+ Unio bellulus Lea, 1872

Quadrula verrucosa (Rafinesque, 1820)

+ Unio conjugans B.H. Wright, 1899

Toxolasma lividum Rafinesque, 1831 = Toxolasma lividum + Toxolasma cylindrellus + Toxolasma corvunculus

+ Unio moestus Lea, 1841

+ Unio cylindrellus Lea, 1868

+ Unio glans ‘Lea’ of Authors

+ Unio corvunculus Lea, 1868

Toxolasma pullus (Conrad, 1838)

Truncilla lewisi Walker, 1910 = Epioblasma lewisii

+ Unio foliatus Lewis, 1871

Truncilla torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820) = Epioblasma torulosa

+ Amblema gibbosa Rafinesque, 1820

+ Unio perplexus Lea, 1831

Truncilla walkeri Wilson & Clark, 1914 = Epioblasma walkeri