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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Epioblasma species Epioblasma triquetra (Rafinesque, 1820): synonymy 2 specimens + 2 Genbank vouchers Truncilla triqueter Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1818. Amer. Mon. Mag. 3: 355 [as ‘Potamilus triqueter’]. [nomen nudum] Rafinesque, 1819. Jour. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. 88: 427 [as ‘U. (Truncilla) triquetra’]. [nomen nudum] Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 300, pl. 81, figs. 1-4 [also as ‘Unio triqueter’]. Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 22, 29, 45. Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_20231, [no locality available - North America].
Truncilla (s.s.) triquetra — Simpson (1900), Wright & Walker (1902), Simpson (1914) Truncilla triquetra — Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910), Ortmann (1912), Vanatta (1915), Ortmann (1918) Dysnomia (Truncillopsis) triquetra — Ortmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), Haas (1969) Dysnomia (Truncillopsis) triqueter — F.C. Baker (1928) Epioblasma (sec. Truncillopsis) triquetrum — Thiele (1934) Dysnomia triquetra — Murray & Leonard (1962), Burch (1975), Gordon et al. (1979), Mackie et al. (1980) Plagiola (Truncillopsis) triquetra — R.I. Johnson (1978) Plagiola triquetra — R.I. Johnson (1980), Oesch (1984) Epioblasma triquetra — Turgeon et al. (1988), Cummings & Mayer (1992), Williams et al. (1993), Strayer & Jirka (1997), Cummings & Mayer (1997), ... Klymus et al. (2020), Gasparini et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023) | |
Unio cuneatus Swainson, 1823 Swainson, 1823. Philos. Mag. & J. 61: 112.
Truncilla (s.s.) triquetra — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Dysnomia (Truncillopsis) triquetra — Ortmann & Walker (1922), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969) Dysnomia triquetra — Burch (1975) Plagiola (Truncillopsis) triquetra — R.I. Johnson (1978) Epioblasma triquetra — Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009) | |
Unio triangularis Barnes, 1823 Barnes, 1823. Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 272, pl. 13, figs. 17a-b. Say, 1830. Amer. Conch. 1: pl. 4.
Truncilla (s.s.) triquetra — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Unio (s.s.) triangularis — Call (1900) Unio triangularis — de Gregorio (1914) Truncilla triquetra — Ortmann (1918) Dysnomia (Truncillopsis) triquetra — Ortmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1924), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969) Dysnomia triquetra — Burch (1975) Plagiola (Truncillopsis) triquetra — R.I. Johnson (1978) Epioblasma triquetra — Strayer & Jirka (1997), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009) | |
Unio formosus Lea, 1831
Lea, 1831. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 4 [O. 1]: 111, pl. 16, fig. 41.
Truncilla (s.s.) triquetra — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Unio (s.s.) triangularis — Call (1900) Unio triangularis — de Gregorio (1914) Dysnomia (Truncillopsis) triquetra — Ortmann & Walker (1922), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969) Dysnomia triquetra — Burch (1975) Plagiola (Truncillopsis) triquetra — R.I. Johnson (1978) Epioblasma triquetra — Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009) | |
Unio triangularis var. longiusculus de Gregorio, 1914 de Gregorio, 1914. Il Nat. Siciliano 2: 40, pl. 4, figs. 5a-c. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio triangularis Barnes, 1823)
Unio triangularis var. longiusculus — de Gregorio (1914) Plagiola (Truncillopsis) triquetra — R.I. Johnson (1978) Epioblasma triquetra — Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009) | |
Unio triangularis var. pergibosus de Gregorio, 1914 de Gregorio, 1914. Il Nat. Siciliano 2: 40, pl. 4, figs. 4a-c. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio triangularis Barnes, 1823)
Unio triangularis var. pergibosus — de Gregorio (1914) Plagiola (Truncillopsis) triquetra — R.I. Johnson (1978) Epioblasma triquetra — Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009) | |
Unio triangularis var. longisculus Parmalee & Bogan, 1998 ‘de Gregorio’ Parmalee & Bogan, 1998. The Freshwater Mussels of Tennessee: 108. ‘de Gregorio’ Williams et al., 2008. Freshw. Mussels AL and Mobile Basin: 283. (error for Unio triangularis var. longiusculus de Gregorio, 1914) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Truncilla (s.s.) triquetra — Simpson (1900), Wright & Walker (1902), Simpson (1914) Unio (s.s.) triangularis — Call (1900) Truncilla triquetra — Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910), Ortmann (1912), Vanatta (1915), Ortmann (1918) Unio triangularis — de Gregorio (1914) Unio triangularis var. longiusculus — de Gregorio (1914) Unio triangularis var. pergibosus — de Gregorio (1914) Dysnomia (Truncillopsis) triquetra — Ortmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), Haas (1969) Dysnomia (Truncillopsis) triqueter — F.C. Baker (1928) Epioblasma (sec. Truncillopsis) triquetrum — Thiele (1934) Dysnomia triquetra — Murray & Leonard (1962), Burch (1975), Gordon et al. (1979), Mackie et al. (1980) Plagiola (Truncillopsis) triquetra — R.I. Johnson (1978) Plagiola triquetra — R.I. Johnson (1980), Oesch (1984) Epioblasma triquetra — Turgeon et al. (1988), Cummings & Mayer (1992), Williams et al. (1993), Strayer & Jirka (1997), Cummings & Mayer (1997), ... Klymus et al. (2020), Gasparini et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)
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