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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina | Pegias

species Pegias fabula (Lea, 1838): synonymy
     3 specimens

Margaritana fabula Lea, 1838
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 46. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 44, pl. 13, fig. 39.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_86325 (by Clarke, 1981: 9), Cumberland R., Tenn.

Pegias fabulaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1918), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), ... Williams et al. (2017), Klymus et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)
Alasmidonta (Pegias) fabulaOrtmann (1914), Haas (1969), Burch (1975)
Alasmodonta (sec. Pegias) fabulaThiele (1934)

Margaritana curreyiana Lea, 1840
Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 288.
Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 223, pl. 18, fig. 40 [on plate as ‘curreyana’].
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_86227 (by Clarke, 1981: 9), Stones River, Tenn.

Pegias fabulaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), Clarke (1981), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)

Margaritana curreyana Lea, 1842
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: pl. 18, fig. 40.
Agassiz, 1852. Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 47.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 42.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 263.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 499.
Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 63, sp. 319.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 68.
B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [6].
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 661.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 474.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 21.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 395.
(error for Margaritana curreyiana Lea, 1840)

Pegias fabulaClarke (1981), Parmalee & Bogan (1998)

Margaritana correyana Küster, 1862
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 300.
Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 173.
(error for Margaritana curreyiana Lea, 1840)

Pegias fabulaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)

Unio propecoelatus de Gregorio, 1914
de Gregorio, 1914. Il Nat. Siciliano 2: 60, pl. 8, figs. 1a-d.

Unio propecoelatusde Gregorio (1914)
Pegias fabulaParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)

Unio propecaelatus Parmalee & Bogan, 1998
‘de Gregorio’ Parmalee & Bogan, 1998. The Freshwater Mussels of Tennessee: 169.
‘de Gregorio’ Williams et al., 2008. Freshw. Mussels AL and Mobile Basin: 483.
(error for Unio propecoelatus de Gregorio, 1914)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Pegias fabulaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1918), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), ... Williams et al. (2017), Klymus et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)
Alasmidonta (Pegias) fabulaOrtmann (1914), Haas (1969), Burch (1975)
Unio propecoelatusde Gregorio (1914)
Alasmodonta (sec. Pegias) fabulaThiele (1934)

 
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