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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 obliquata (Rafinesque, 1820): synonymy 2 specimens Obliquaria (Scalenaria) obliquata Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1818. Amer. Mon. Mag. 3: 355 [as ‘Potamilus obliquatus’]. [nomen nudum] Rafinesque, 1819. Jour. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. 88: 426 [as ‘U. (Plagiola) obliquatus’]. [nomen nudum] Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 309 [also as ‘U. obliquata’]. Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 22, 29, 53. Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_20226, Kentucky River.
— Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Truncilla obliquata — Vanatta (1915) Dysnomia (Scalenilla) sulcata — Ortmann & Walker (1922) Quadrula (Obliquata) obliquata — Frierson (1927), Haas (1930), Haas (1969), Haas (1969) Pleurobema obliquata — Morrison (1969) Obliquaria obliquata — Burch (1975) Plagiola (Pilea) obliquata — R.I. Johnson (1978) Plagiola obliquata — R.I. Johnson (1980) Epioblasma obliquata obliquata — Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lydeard et al. (1999), Cicerello & Schuster (2003), Watters et al. (2009), ITIS (2012) Epioblasma obliquata — Cummings & Mayer (1992), Strayer & Jirka (1997), Cummings & Mayer (1997), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Graf (2002), ... Haag (2012), Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023) Pleurobema pyramidatum — Vidrine (1993) Pleurobema (Sintoxia) rubrum — Campbell & Lydeard (2012) | |
Unio perplexus Say, 1829 Say, 1829. New Harm. Dissem. 2(19): 309. Say, 1830. Amer. Conch. 1: pl. 5. Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 155, 225.
Plagiola (Pilea) obliquata — R.I. Johnson (1978) Epioblasma obliquata — Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008) | |
Unio ridibundus Say, 1829 Say, 1829. New Harm. Dissem. 2(20): 308, sp. 6. Say, 1830. Amer. Conch. 1: pl. 5, upper fig. Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 131, 154.
Truncilla (Scalenaria) sulcata — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Dysnomia (Scalenilla) sulcata — Ortmann & Walker (1922) Dysnomia (Pilea) sulcata — Frierson (1927), Haas (1969) Plagiola ridibundus — Morrison (1969) Dysnomia sulcata — Burch (1975) Plagiola (Pilea) obliquata — R.I. Johnson (1978) Epioblasma obliquata — Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008) Epioblasma obliquata obliquata — Watters et al. (2009) | |
Unio sulcatus Lea, 1829
Lea, 1828. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3 [O. 1]: 269 [as ‘Unio ellipsis var. a’].
Lea, 1829. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3 [O. 1]: 430, pl. 8, fig. 12. Say, 1830. Amer. Conch. 1: pl. 5, lower figs. Type(s): SYNTYPES USNM_84803, Ohio.
Truncilla (Scalenaria) sulcata — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Unio (s.s.) sulcatus — Call (1900) — de Gregorio (1914) Truncilla obliquata — Vanatta (1915) Dysnomia (Scalenilla) sulcata — Ortmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1925), Haas (1969) Dysnomia (s.s.) sulcata — Ortmann (1924) Dysnomia (Pilea) sulcata — Frierson (1927), Haas (1930), Haas (1969) Epioblasma (sec. Scalenilla) sulcatus — Thiele (1934) Plagiola ridibundus — Morrison (1969) Dysnomia sulcata — Stansbery (1970), Burch (1975), Mackie et al. (1980) Plagiola (Pilea) obliquata — R.I. Johnson (1978) Plagiola obliquata — R.I. Johnson (1980) Epioblasma obliquata — Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008) Dysnomia sulcata sulcata — ITIS (2012) | |
Unio flagellatus Say, 1830 Say, 1830. Amer. Conch. 1: [no pagination]. Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 154. (intro'd as syn of Unio sulcatus Lea, 1829)
Plagiola (Pilea) obliquata — R.I. Johnson (1978) Epioblasma obliquata — Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008) | |
Unio obliquatus Say, 1834 ‘Rafinesque’ of Authors. Say, 1834. Amer. Conch. 6: ??. Conrad, 1834. New Fresh-Water Shells: 70. (reference to Obliquaria (Scalenaria) obliquata Rafinesque, 1820)
Truncilla (Scalenaria) sulcata — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Dysnomia (Pilea) sulcata — Frierson (1927) | |
Unio pectitus Conrad, 1854 Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 255. [nomen nudum] Conrad, 1854. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 2(4): 297, pl. 27, 4.
Truncilla (Scalenaria) sulcata — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Dysnomia (Pilea) sulcata-pectita — Frierson (1927) Dysnomia (Pilea) sulcata — Haas (1969) Dysnomia sulcata — Burch (1975) Plagiola (Pilea) obliquata — R.I. Johnson (1978) Epioblasma obliquata — Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008) Epioblasma obliquata obliquata — Watters et al. (2009) | |
Unio propesulcatus de Gregorio, 1914 de Gregorio, 1914. Il Nat. Siciliano 2: 60, pl. 10. figs. 2a-d.
Unio propesulcatus — de Gregorio (1914) Plagiola (Pilea) obliquata — R.I. Johnson (1978) Epioblasma obliquata — Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008) Epioblasma obliquata obliquata — Watters et al. (2009) | |
Unio stewardsonii var. stewensoni de Gregorio, 1914 de Gregorio, 1914. Il Nat. Siciliano 2: 45, pl. 6, fig. 3. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio stewardsonii Lea, 1852)
Unio stewardsonii var. stewensoni — de Gregorio (1914) Plagiola (Pilea) obliquata — R.I. Johnson (1978) Epioblasma obliquata — Parmalee & Bogan (1998) Epioblasma obliquata obliquata — Watters et al. (2009) | |
Unio stewardsonii var. stewardsonii Parmalee & Bogan, 1998 ‘De Gregorio’ of Authors. Parmalee & Bogan, 1998. The Freshwater Mussels of Tennessee: 97. Watters et al., 2009. Freshw. Mussels OH: 95. (error for Unio stewardsonii var. stewensoni de Gregorio, 1914) | |
Unio rudibundus Hanley, 1843 ‘Say’ Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 188. (error for Unio ridibundus Say, 1829) | |
Unio propeculcatus Parmalee & Bogan, 1998 ‘de Gregorio’ Parmalee & Bogan, 1998. The Freshwater Mussels of Tennessee: 97. (error for Unio propesulcatus de Gregorio, 1914)
Epioblasma obliquata obliquata — Watters et al. (2009) | |
Unio pectitis Williams et al., 2008 ‘Conrad’ Williams et al., 2008. Freshw. Mussels AL and Mobile Basin: 258. (error for Unio pectitus Conrad, 1854) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900) — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), de Gregorio (1914) Truncilla (Scalenaria) sulcata — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Unio (s.s.) sulcatus — Call (1900) Unio propesulcatus — de Gregorio (1914) Unio stewardsonii var. stewensoni — de Gregorio (1914) Truncilla obliquata — Vanatta (1915) Dysnomia (Scalenilla) sulcata — Ortmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1925), Haas (1969) Dysnomia (s.s.) sulcata — Ortmann (1924) Quadrula (Obliquata) obliquata — Frierson (1927), Haas (1930), Haas (1969), Haas (1969) Dysnomia (Pilea) sulcata — Frierson (1927), Haas (1930), Haas (1969) Dysnomia (Pilea) sulcata-pectita — Frierson (1927) Epioblasma (sec. Scalenilla) sulcatus — Thiele (1934) Pleurobema obliquata — Morrison (1969) Plagiola ridibundus — Morrison (1969) Dysnomia sulcata — Stansbery (1970), Burch (1975), Mackie et al. (1980) Obliquaria obliquata — Burch (1975) Plagiola (Pilea) obliquata — R.I. Johnson (1978) Plagiola obliquata — R.I. Johnson (1980) Epioblasma obliquata obliquata — Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lydeard et al. (1999), Cicerello & Schuster (2003), Watters et al. (2009), ITIS (2012) Epioblasma obliquata — Cummings & Mayer (1992), Strayer & Jirka (1997), Cummings & Mayer (1997), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Graf (2002), ... Haag (2012), Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023) Pleurobema pyramidatum — Vidrine (1993) Pleurobema (Sintoxia) rubrum — Campbell & Lydeard (2012) Dysnomia sulcata sulcata — ITIS (2012)
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