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

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species Epioblasma florentina (Lea, 1857): synonymy
     2 specimens

Unio florentinus Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 83.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 64 [68], pl. 5, fig. 213.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84948, Florence, Alabama.

Truncilla (Pilea) florentinaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Truncilla florentinaOrtmann (1912), Ortmann (1918)
Dysnomia (Pilea) florentinaOrtmann (1924), Ortmann (1925)
Dysnomia (Capsaeformis) florentinaFrierson (1927)
Dysnomia (Capsaeformis) florentina florentinaHaas (1969)
Dysnomia florentinaStansbery (1970), Burch (1975), Gordon et al. (1979)
Plagiola (Torulosa) florentinaR.I. Johnson (1978)
Plagiola florentinaR.I. Johnson (1980)
Epioblasma florentina florentinaTurgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Bogan (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lydeard et al. (1999), Cicerello & Schuster (2003), ITIS (2012)
Epioblasma florentinaParmalee & Bogan (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), Haag (2012), Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)

Unio saccatus Küster, 1862
‘Anthony’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 263, pl. 89, fig. 2.
(homonym of Unio tumidus var. saccatus Rossmässler, 1859)

Truncilla (Pilea) florentinaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Dysnomia (Capsaeformis) florentinaFrierson (1927)
Dysnomia (Capsaeformis) florentina florentinaHaas (1969)
Plagiola (Torulosa) florentinaR.I. Johnson (1978)
Epioblasma florentinaParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)

Unio sacculus Reeve, 1864
‘Anthony, MS’ Reeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 15, sp. 67.
J.G. Anthony, 1865. Amer. J. Conch. 1(2): 157, pl. 12, fig. 3.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MCZ_161898, Tennessee.

Truncilla (Pilea) florentinaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
de Gregorio (1914)
Dysnomia (Capsaeformis) florentinaFrierson (1927)
Dysnomia (Capsaeformis) florentina florentinaHaas (1969)
Dysnomia florentinaBurch (1975)
Plagiola (Torulosa) florentinaR.I. Johnson (1978)
Epioblasma florentinaParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Truncilla (Pilea) florentinaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Truncilla florentinaOrtmann (1912), Ortmann (1918)
de Gregorio (1914)
Dysnomia (Pilea) florentinaOrtmann (1924), Ortmann (1925)
Dysnomia (Capsaeformis) florentinaFrierson (1927)
Dysnomia (Capsaeformis) florentina florentinaHaas (1969)
Dysnomia florentinaStansbery (1970), Burch (1975), Gordon et al. (1979)
Plagiola (Torulosa) florentinaR.I. Johnson (1978)
Plagiola florentinaR.I. Johnson (1980)
Epioblasma florentina florentinaTurgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Bogan (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lydeard et al. (1999), Cicerello & Schuster (2003), ITIS (2012)
Epioblasma florentinaParmalee & Bogan (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), Haag (2012), Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)

 
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