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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 torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820): synonymy 5 specimens Amblema gibbosa Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1818. Amer. Mon. Mag. 3: 355 [as ‘Potamilus gibbosus’]. [nomen nudum] Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 315 [also as ‘Unio gibbosa’]. Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 23, 58. Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_20232, Riv. Ohio.
— Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Truncilla torulosa — Vanatta (1915), Ortmann (1918) Dysnomia (Pilea) torulosa — Ortmann & Walker (1922) Dysnomia (Torulosa) torulosa — Frierson (1927) Dysnomia (Torulosa) torulosa torulosa — Haas (1969) Dysnomia torulosa torulosa — Burch (1975) Plagiola (Torulosa) torulosa — R.I. Johnson (1978) Epioblasma torulosa — Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008) Epioblasma torulosa torulosa — Watters et al. (2009) | |
Amblema torulosa Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 314, pl. 82, fig. 11-12 [also as ‘Unio torulosa’]. Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 57. Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_20218, [no locality available - North America].
— Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Truncilla torulosa — Vanatta (1915), Ortmann (1918) Dysnomia (Pilea) torulosa — Ortmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1925) Dysnomia (s.s.) torulosa — Ortmann (1924) Dysnomia (Torulosa) torulosa — Frierson (1927), Haas (1930), Haas (1969) Epioblasma (sec. Torulosa) torulosum — Thiele (1934) Dysnomia (Torulosa) torulosa torulosa — Haas (1969) Dysnomia torulosa — Stansbery (1970) Dysnomia torulosa torulosa — Burch (1975) Plagiola (Torulosa) torulosa — R.I. Johnson (1978) Plagiola torulosa — R.I. Johnson (1980) Epioblasma torulosa torulosa — Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Bogan (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lydeard et al. (1999), Cicerello & Schuster (2003), Watters et al. (2009), ITIS (2012), IUCN (2012) Epioblasma torulosa — Cummings & Mayer (1992), Cummings & Mayer (1997), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Graf (2002), Jones et al. (2004), ... Haag (2012), Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023) | |
Amblema gibbosa var. difformis Rafinesque, 1820 Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 315. Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 58. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Amblema gibbosa Rafinesque, 1820)
— Vanatta (1915) Dysnomia (Torulosa) torulosa torulosa — Haas (1969) Epioblasma torulosa — Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008) Epioblasma torulosa torulosa — Watters et al. (2009) | |
Amblema gibbosa var. olivacea Rafinesque, 1820 Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 315. Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 58. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Amblema gibbosa Rafinesque, 1820)
Dysnomia (Torulosa) torulosa torulosa — Haas (1969) Epioblasma torulosa — Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008) Epioblasma torulosa torulosa — Watters et al. (2009) | |
Amblema gibbosa var. radiata Rafinesque, 1820 Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 315. Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 58. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Amblema gibbosa Rafinesque, 1820)
Dysnomia (Torulosa) torulosa torulosa — Haas (1969) Epioblasma torulosa — Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008) Epioblasma torulosa torulosa — Watters et al. (2009) | |
Amblema torulosa var. angulata Rafinesque, 1820 Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 315. Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 57. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Amblema torulosa Rafinesque, 1820)
— Vanatta (1915) Dysnomia (Torulosa) torulosa torulosa — Haas (1969) Plagiola (Torulosa) torulosa — R.I. Johnson (1978) Epioblasma torulosa — Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008) Epioblasma torulosa torulosa — Watters et al. (2009) | |
Unio perplexus Lea, 1831
 Lea, 1831. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 4 [O. 1]: 112, pl. 17, fig. 42. (homonym of Unio perplexus Say, 1829) Type(s): SYNTYPE USNM_84324, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Truncilla (Pilea) perplexa — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Unio (s.s.) perplexus — Call (1900) Truncilla perplexa — Ortmann (1909) Unio perplexus — de Gregorio (1914) Truncilla torulosa — Vanatta (1915), Ortmann (1918) Dysnomia (Pilea) torulosa — Ortmann & Walker (1922) Dysnomia (Torulosa) torulosa — Frierson (1927) Dysnomia (Torulosa) torulosa torulosa — Haas (1969) Dysnomia torulosa torulosa — Burch (1975) Plagiola (Torulosa) torulosa — R.I. Johnson (1978) Epioblasma torulosa — Strayer & Jirka (1997), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008) | |
Unio torulosus Conrad, 1834 ‘Rafinesque’ Conrad, 1834. New Fresh-Water Shells: 72. ‘Raf.’ Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 259. (reference to Amblema torulosa Rafinesque, 1820)
Truncilla (Pilea) perplexa — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) | |
Unio gibbosus Ferussac, 1835 ‘Rafinesque’ of Authors. Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5: 28. Conrad, 1836. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(6): 50, pl. 27, fig. 1.
Reeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 11, sp. 41, figs. 41a-b. (reference to Amblema gibbosa Rafinesque, 1820)
Truncilla (Pilea) perplexa — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Dysnomia torulosa torulosa — Burch (1975) | |
Unio obliquus Potiez & Michaud, 1844 ‘Lamarck’ Potiez & Michaud, 1844. Galérie Moll. at. Mus. Douai 2: 153, pl. 58, figs. 3-4. (misidentified reference to Unio obliqua Lamarck, 1819)
Truncilla (Pilea) perplexa — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Dysnomia (Torulosa) torulosa — Frierson (1927) Dysnomia (Torulosa) torulosa torulosa — Haas (1969) Dysnomia torulosa torulosa — Burch (1975) Plagiola (Torulosa) torulosa — R.I. Johnson (1978) Epioblasma torulosa — Parmalee & Bogan (1998) | |
Unio gibbosus of Authors, unknown year Küst. of Authors. (reference to Amblema gibbosa Rafinesque, 1820) | |
Unio phillipsii Reeve, 1864
‘Conrad’ Reeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 4, sp. 15. (misidentified reference to Unio phillipsii Conrad, 1835)
Truncilla (Pilea) perplexa var. cincinnatiensis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Plagiola (Torulosa) torulosa — R.I. Johnson (1978) | |
Unio abnormis Haas, 1930 ‘Say’ Haas, 1930. Senckenbergiana 12(6): 329. [MS] (intro'd as syn of Amblema torulosa Rafinesque, 1820)
Dysnomia (Torulosa) torulosa — Haas (1930) Epioblasma torulosa — Parmalee & Bogan (1998) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900) — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Vanatta (1915) Truncilla (Pilea) perplexa — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Unio (s.s.) perplexus — Call (1900) Truncilla (Pilea) perplexa var. cincinnatiensis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Truncilla perplexa — Ortmann (1909) Unio perplexus — de Gregorio (1914) Truncilla torulosa — Vanatta (1915), Ortmann (1918) Dysnomia (Pilea) torulosa — Ortmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1925) Dysnomia (s.s.) torulosa — Ortmann (1924) Dysnomia (Torulosa) torulosa — Frierson (1927), Haas (1930), Haas (1969) Epioblasma (sec. Torulosa) torulosum — Thiele (1934) Dysnomia (Torulosa) torulosa torulosa — Haas (1969) Dysnomia torulosa — Stansbery (1970) Dysnomia torulosa torulosa — Burch (1975) Plagiola (Torulosa) torulosa — R.I. Johnson (1978) Plagiola torulosa — R.I. Johnson (1980) Epioblasma torulosa torulosa — Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Bogan (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lydeard et al. (1999), Cicerello & Schuster (2003), Watters et al. (2009), ITIS (2012), IUCN (2012) Epioblasma torulosa — Cummings & Mayer (1992), Cummings & Mayer (1997), Strayer & Jirka (1997), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Graf (2002), ... Haag (2012), Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)
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