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

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species Epioblasma turgidula (Lea, 1858): synonymy
     4 specimens

Unio turgidulus Lea, 1858
Lea, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 40.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 62, pl. 5, fig. 211.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84946, Cumberland R., Tenn.

Truncilla (Pilea) florentinaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Truncilla turgidulaOrtmann (1918)
Dysnomia (Pilea) turgidulaOrtmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925)
Dysnomia (Capsaeformis) turgidulaFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Dysnomia biemarginataStansbery (1970)
Dysnomia turgidulaBurch (1975), Gordon et al. (1979)
Dysnomia florentinaBurch (1975)
Plagiola (Torulosa) turgidulaR.I. Johnson (1978)
Plagiola turgidulaR.I. Johnson (1980)
Epioblasma turgidulaTurgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Bogan (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), ... Haag (2012), Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)

Unio deviatus Reeve, 1864
‘Anthony MS’ Reeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 15, sp. 61.
J.G. Anthony, 1865. Amer. J. Conch. 1(2): 156, pl. 12, fig. 2.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965210, Tennessee.

Truncilla (Pilea) deviataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
de Gregorio (1914)
Truncilla turgidulaOrtmann (1918)
Dysnomia (Pilea) turgidulaOrtmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1924)
Dysnomia (Capsaeformis) turgidulaFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Dysnomia turgidulaBurch (1975)
Plagiola (Torulosa) turgidulaR.I. Johnson (1978)
Epioblasma turgidulaParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)

Truncilla lefevrei Utterback, 1916
Utterback, 1916. Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(10): 455, pl. 6, fig. 13a-d; pl. 28, fig. 108a-d.

Truncilla lefevreiUtterback (1916)
Dysnomia (Capsaeformis) lefevreiFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Plagiola (Torulosa) turgidulaR.I. Johnson (1978)
Plagiola turgidulaR.I. Johnson (1980)
Epioblasma turgidulaParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)

Unio nux Küster, 1861
‘Lea’ Küster, 1861. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 218, pl. 73, fig. 2.
(misidentified reference to Unio nux Lea, 1852)

Truncilla (Pilea) florentinaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Dysnomia florentinaBurch (1975)
Plagiola (Torulosa) turgidulaR.I. Johnson (1978)
Epioblasma turgidulaParmalee & Bogan (1998)

Margaron (Unio) turdigulus Lea, 1870
‘Lea’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 42.
(error for Unio turgidulus Lea, 1858)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Truncilla (Pilea) florentinaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Truncilla (Pilea) deviataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
de Gregorio (1914)
Truncilla lefevreiUtterback (1916)
Truncilla turgidulaOrtmann (1918)
Dysnomia (Pilea) turgidulaOrtmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925)
Dysnomia (Capsaeformis) turgidulaFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Dysnomia (Capsaeformis) lefevreiFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Dysnomia biemarginataStansbery (1970)
Dysnomia turgidulaBurch (1975), Gordon et al. (1979)
Dysnomia florentinaBurch (1975)
Plagiola (Torulosa) turgidulaR.I. Johnson (1978)
Plagiola turgidulaR.I. Johnson (1980)
Epioblasma turgidulaTurgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Bogan (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), ... Haag (2012), Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)

 
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