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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 rangiana (Lea, 1838): synonymy
     3 specimens + 2 Genbank vouchers

Epioblasma biloba Rafinesque, 1831
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 2.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 72.

Simpson (1900), Burch (1975)
Epioblasma bilobaSimpson (1914)
Dysnomia (s.s.) flexuosaOrtmann & Walker (1922), Haas (1969)
Epioblasma (s.s.) foliatumThiele (1934)
Plagiola (Epioblasma) flexuosaR.I. Johnson (1978)
Epioblasma torulosaParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Epioblasma flexuosaGraf & Cummings (2007)
Epioblasma torulosa rangianaWatters et al. (2009)
Epioblasma rangianaGraf & Cummings (2021)

Epioblasma biloba var. pallida Rafinesque, 1831
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 2.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 72.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Epioblasma biloba Rafinesque, 1831)

Unio rangianus Lea, 1838
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: addenda. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 95, pl. 18, fig. 56.
Type(s): SYNTYPES USNM_84798, Mahoning R., near Poland, Ohio.

Truncilla (Pilea) perplexa var. rangianaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (s.s.) perplexusCall (1900)
Truncilla perplexa rangianusOrtmann (1909), Ortmann (1910)
Truncilla perplexa rangianaOrtmann (1909)
Truncilla (Pilea) perplexa rangianaOrtmann (1909)
Truncilla rangianaOrtmann (1912)
Unio rangianus, var.de Gregorio (1914)
Dysnomia (Torulosa) rangianaFrierson (1927)
Dysnomia (Torulosa) torulosa rangianaHaas (1969)
Dysnomia torulosaStansbery (1970)
Dysnomia torulosa torulosaBurch (1975)
Plagiola (Torulosa) torulosaR.I. Johnson (1978)
Epioblasma torulosa rangianaTurgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Strayer & Jirka (1997), Turgeon et al. (1998), IUCN (2000), ... Zanatta & Harris (2013), Inoue et al. (2018), Hewitt et al. (2019), Klymus et al. (2020), Gasparini et al. (2020)
Epioblasma rangianaCummings & Mayer (1992), Cummings & Mayer (1997), Campbell & Lydeard (2012), Williams et al. (2017), Burlakova et al. (2019), Smith et al. (2019), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)
Epioblasma torulosaParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)

Truncilla (Scalenaria) sulcata var. delicata Simpson, 1900
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 520, footnote.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 16.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio sulcatus Lea, 1829)
Type(s): SYNTYPE USNM_160853, Amherstburg, Michigan.

Truncilla (Scalenaria) sulcata var. delicataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Dysnomia (Scalenilla) sulcata delicataOrtmann (1925)
Dysnomia (Pilea) sulcata-pectitaFrierson (1927)
Plagiola perobliquaMorrison (1969)
Dysnomia sulcataBurch (1975)
Plagiola (Torulosa) torulosaR.I. Johnson (1978)
Epioblasma obliquataParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Epioblasma torulosa rangianaWatters et al. (2009)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Simpson (1900), Burch (1975)
Truncilla (Pilea) perplexa var. rangianaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (s.s.) perplexusCall (1900)
Truncilla (Scalenaria) sulcata var. delicataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Truncilla perplexa rangianusOrtmann (1909), Ortmann (1910)
Truncilla perplexa rangianaOrtmann (1909)
Truncilla (Pilea) perplexa rangianaOrtmann (1909)
Truncilla rangianaOrtmann (1912)
Epioblasma bilobaSimpson (1914)
Unio rangianus, var.de Gregorio (1914)
Dysnomia (s.s.) flexuosaOrtmann & Walker (1922), Haas (1969)
Dysnomia (Scalenilla) sulcata delicataOrtmann (1925)
Dysnomia (Torulosa) rangianaFrierson (1927)
Dysnomia (Pilea) sulcata-pectitaFrierson (1927)
Epioblasma (s.s.) foliatumThiele (1934)
Dysnomia (Torulosa) torulosa rangianaHaas (1969)
Plagiola perobliquaMorrison (1969)
Dysnomia torulosaStansbery (1970)
Dysnomia torulosa torulosaBurch (1975)
Dysnomia sulcataBurch (1975)
Plagiola (Epioblasma) flexuosaR.I. Johnson (1978)
Plagiola (Torulosa) torulosaR.I. Johnson (1978)
Epioblasma torulosa rangianaTurgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Strayer & Jirka (1997), Turgeon et al. (1998), IUCN (2000), ... Zanatta & Harris (2013), Inoue et al. (2018), Hewitt et al. (2019), Klymus et al. (2020), Gasparini et al. (2020)
Epioblasma rangianaCummings & Mayer (1992), Cummings & Mayer (1997), Campbell & Lydeard (2012), Williams et al. (2017), Burlakova et al. (2019), Smith et al. (2019), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)
Epioblasma torulosaParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Epioblasma obliquataParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Epioblasma flexuosaGraf & Cummings (2007)

 
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