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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.) triquetraSimpson (1900), Wright & Walker (1902), Simpson (1914)
Truncilla triquetraOrtmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910), Ortmann (1912), Vanatta (1915), Ortmann (1918)
Dysnomia (Truncillopsis) triquetraOrtmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Dysnomia (Truncillopsis) triqueterF.C. Baker (1928)
Epioblasma (sec. Truncillopsis) triquetrumThiele (1934)
Dysnomia triquetraMurray & Leonard (1962), Burch (1975), Gordon et al. (1979), Mackie et al. (1980)
Plagiola (Truncillopsis) triquetraR.I. Johnson (1978)
Plagiola triquetraR.I. Johnson (1980), Oesch (1984)
Epioblasma triquetraTurgeon 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.) triquetraSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Dysnomia (Truncillopsis) triquetraOrtmann & Walker (1922), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Dysnomia triquetraBurch (1975)
Plagiola (Truncillopsis) triquetraR.I. Johnson (1978)
Epioblasma triquetraParmalee & 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.) triquetraSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (s.s.) triangularisCall (1900)
Unio triangularisde Gregorio (1914)
Truncilla triquetraOrtmann (1918)
Dysnomia (Truncillopsis) triquetraOrtmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1924), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Dysnomia triquetraBurch (1975)
Plagiola (Truncillopsis) triquetraR.I. Johnson (1978)
Epioblasma triquetraStrayer & 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.) triquetraSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (s.s.) triangularisCall (1900)
Unio triangularisde Gregorio (1914)
Dysnomia (Truncillopsis) triquetraOrtmann & Walker (1922), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Dysnomia triquetraBurch (1975)
Plagiola (Truncillopsis) triquetraR.I. Johnson (1978)
Epioblasma triquetraParmalee & 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. longiusculusde Gregorio (1914)
Plagiola (Truncillopsis) triquetraR.I. Johnson (1978)
Epioblasma triquetraParmalee & 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. pergibosusde Gregorio (1914)
Plagiola (Truncillopsis) triquetraR.I. Johnson (1978)
Epioblasma triquetraParmalee & 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.) triquetraSimpson (1900), Wright & Walker (1902), Simpson (1914)
Unio (s.s.) triangularisCall (1900)
Truncilla triquetraOrtmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910), Ortmann (1912), Vanatta (1915), Ortmann (1918)
Unio triangularisde Gregorio (1914)
Unio triangularis var. longiusculusde Gregorio (1914)
Unio triangularis var. pergibosusde Gregorio (1914)
Dysnomia (Truncillopsis) triquetraOrtmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Dysnomia (Truncillopsis) triqueterF.C. Baker (1928)
Epioblasma (sec. Truncillopsis) triquetrumThiele (1934)
Dysnomia triquetraMurray & Leonard (1962), Burch (1975), Gordon et al. (1979), Mackie et al. (1980)
Plagiola (Truncillopsis) triquetraR.I. Johnson (1978)
Plagiola triquetraR.I. Johnson (1980), Oesch (1984)
Epioblasma triquetraTurgeon 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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