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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Atlanticoncha

species Atlanticoncha ochracea (Say, 1817): synonymy
     5 specimens + 3 Genbank vouchers

Mytilus fluviatilis Gmelin, 1791
Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 157, fig. 12. [pre-linnaean]
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3359, sp. 34.
(homonym of Mytulus polymorphus fluviatilis Pallas, 1771)

Simpson (1914), Haas (1969)
Lampsilis (s.s.) ochraceaR.I. Johnson (1970)
Lampsilis ochraceaR.I. Johnson (1980)
Leptodea ochraceaIUCN (2012)

Unio ochraceus Say, 1817
Say, 1817. Nich. Encyc. 2: [12,] pl. 2, fig. 8.
Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [18,] pl. 2, fig. 8.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 51.
Type(s): NEOTYPE MCZ_178838 (by R.I. Johnson, 1947: 153), Schuylkill River, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Lampsilis (s.s.) ochraceusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis ochraceaOrtmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Burch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Kat (1983), Kat & Davis (1984), ITIS (2012)
Lampsilis (s.s.) ochraceaSimpson (1914), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1970)
Unio ochraceusde Gregorio (1914)
Leptodea ochraceaTurgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Strayer & Jirka (1997), Turgeon et al. (1998), Bogan (2002), ... Haag (2012), Jones (2015), Williams et al. (2017), Smith et al. (2019), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Ligumia ochraceaSmith (2000)
Atlanticoncha ochraceaSmith et al. (2020), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)

Lampsilis rosea Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 299, footnote.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 44.

Vanatta (1915)
Lampsilis (s.s.) ochraceaFrierson (1927), Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1970)
Leptodea ochraceaStrayer & Jirka (1997)

Unio boydianus Lea, 1840
Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 286.
Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 216 [54], pl. 16, fig. 32.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_86126, Oak Orchard, Orleans Co., N.Y.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) radiatusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) radiataSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (s.s.) ochraceaFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Lampsilis (s.s.) radiata radiataR.I. Johnson (1970)
Lampsilis radiata radiataBurch (1975)
Lampsilis radiataStrayer & Jirka (1997)

Unio crocatus Lea, 1841
Lea, 1841. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 2: 31.
Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 238 [76], pl. 22, fig. 52.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84908, Savannah R., Georgia.

Lampsilis (s.s.) ochraceusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (s.s.) ochraceaSimpson (1914), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Lampsilis (s.s.) cariosaR.I. Johnson (1970)
Lampsilis cariosaBurch (1975), IUCN (2017)

Unio rosaceus Conrad, 1849
Conrad, 1849. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4: 153.
Conrad, 1849. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 4: 303.
Conrad, 1850. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1: 275.
(homonym of Unio rosaceus De Kay, 1843)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MCZ_178779, Savannah River, Georgia.

Lampsilis (s.s.) ochraceusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (s.s.) ochraceaSimpson (1914), R.I. Johnson (1970)
de Gregorio (1914), Haas (1969)
Lampsilis (s.s.) splendidaFrierson (1927)

Unio troostensis Sowerby, 1866
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 38, sp. 210.
(homonym of Unio troostensis Lea, 1834)

Lampsilis (s.s.) ochraceusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (s.s.) ochraceaSimpson (1914)
Nodularia aegyptiacusFrierson (1927)

Unio radiatus Barnes, 1823
Barnes, 1823. Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 265.
(misidentified reference to Mya radiata Gmelin, 1791)

Simpson (1900)
Lampsilis (s.s.) ochraceaFrierson (1927)

Mytilus fluviatilus Conrad, 1853
‘Lister’ Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 254.
(error for Mytilus fluviatilis Gmelin, 1791)

Unio affinis Sowerby, 1868
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 63, sp. 318.
(misidentified reference to Unio affinis Lea, 1852)

Lampsilis (s.s.) ochraceusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (s.s.) ochraceaSimpson (1914)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Lampsilis (s.s.) ochraceusSimpson (1900)
Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), de Gregorio (1914), Vanatta (1915), Haas (1969)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) radiatusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis ochraceaOrtmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Burch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Kat (1983), Kat & Davis (1984), ITIS (2012)
Lampsilis (s.s.) ochraceaSimpson (1914), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1970)
Unio ochraceusde Gregorio (1914)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) radiataSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (s.s.) splendidaFrierson (1927)
Nodularia aegyptiacusFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (s.s.) radiata radiataR.I. Johnson (1970)
Lampsilis (s.s.) cariosaR.I. Johnson (1970)
Lampsilis radiata radiataBurch (1975)
Lampsilis cariosaBurch (1975), IUCN (2017)
Leptodea ochraceaTurgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Strayer & Jirka (1997), Turgeon et al. (1998), Bogan (2002), ... Haag (2012), Jones (2015), Williams et al. (2017), Smith et al. (2019), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Lampsilis radiataStrayer & Jirka (1997)
Ligumia ochraceaSmith (2000)
Atlanticoncha ochraceaSmith et al. (2020), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)

 
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