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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 metastriata (Conrad, 1838): synonymy
     1 specimen

Unio metastriatus Conrad, 1838
Conrad, 1838. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(11): back cover.
Conrad, 1840. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(12): 104, pl. 57, fig. 2.
Type(s): TYPE LOST ANSP_UNKNOWN, Black Warrior River, near Blount Springs [Blount Co.], Alabama.

Truncilla (s.s.) metastriataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Dysnomia (Truncillopsis) metastriataOrtmann (1925)
Dysnomia (Penita) metastriatusFrierson (1927)
Dysnomia (Penita) metastriataHaas (1969)
Dysnomia metastriataBurch (1975)
Plagiola (s.s.) penitaR.I. Johnson (1978)
Epioblasma metastriataTurgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), IUCN (1996), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lydeard et al. (1999), ... Haag (2012), Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)
Epioblasma metastriatusParmalee & Bogan (1998)

Unio compactus Lea, 1859
Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 154.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 218, pl. 28, fig. 98.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84447, Etowah R., Ga.

Truncilla (s.s.) penitaSimpson (1900)
Truncilla (s.s.) compactaSimpson (1914)
Dysnomia (Penita) metastriatusFrierson (1927)
Dysnomia (Penita) metastriataHaas (1969)
Dysnomia metastriataBurch (1975)
Plagiola (s.s.) penitaR.I. Johnson (1978)
Epioblasma metastriatusParmalee & Bogan (1998)
Epioblasma metastriataWilliams et al. (2008)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Truncilla (s.s.) metastriataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Truncilla (s.s.) penitaSimpson (1900)
Truncilla (s.s.) compactaSimpson (1914)
Dysnomia (Truncillopsis) metastriataOrtmann (1925)
Dysnomia (Penita) metastriatusFrierson (1927)
Dysnomia (Penita) metastriataHaas (1969)
Dysnomia metastriataBurch (1975)
Plagiola (s.s.) penitaR.I. Johnson (1978)
Epioblasma metastriataTurgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), IUCN (1996), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lydeard et al. (1999), ... Haag (2012), Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)
Epioblasma metastriatusParmalee & Bogan (1998)

 
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