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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 obliquataVanatta (1915)
Dysnomia (Scalenilla) sulcataOrtmann & Walker (1922)
Quadrula (Obliquata) obliquataFrierson (1927), Haas (1930), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Pleurobema obliquataMorrison (1969)
Obliquaria obliquataBurch (1975)
Plagiola (Pilea) obliquataR.I. Johnson (1978)
Plagiola obliquataR.I. Johnson (1980)
Epioblasma obliquata obliquataTurgeon 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 obliquataCummings & 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 pyramidatumVidrine (1993)
Pleurobema (Sintoxia) rubrumCampbell & 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) obliquataR.I. Johnson (1978)
Epioblasma obliquataParmalee & 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) sulcataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Dysnomia (Scalenilla) sulcataOrtmann & Walker (1922)
Dysnomia (Pilea) sulcataFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Plagiola ridibundusMorrison (1969)
Dysnomia sulcataBurch (1975)
Plagiola (Pilea) obliquataR.I. Johnson (1978)
Epioblasma obliquataParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Epioblasma obliquata obliquataWatters 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) sulcataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (s.s.) sulcatusCall (1900)
de Gregorio (1914)
Truncilla obliquataVanatta (1915)
Dysnomia (Scalenilla) sulcataOrtmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1925), Haas (1969)
Dysnomia (s.s.) sulcataOrtmann (1924)
Dysnomia (Pilea) sulcataFrierson (1927), Haas (1930), Haas (1969)
Epioblasma (sec. Scalenilla) sulcatusThiele (1934)
Plagiola ridibundusMorrison (1969)
Dysnomia sulcataStansbery (1970), Burch (1975), Mackie et al. (1980)
Plagiola (Pilea) obliquataR.I. Johnson (1978)
Plagiola obliquataR.I. Johnson (1980)
Epioblasma obliquataParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Dysnomia sulcata sulcataITIS (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) obliquataR.I. Johnson (1978)
Epioblasma obliquataParmalee & 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) sulcataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Dysnomia (Pilea) sulcataFrierson (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) sulcataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Dysnomia (Pilea) sulcata-pectitaFrierson (1927)
Dysnomia (Pilea) sulcataHaas (1969)
Dysnomia sulcataBurch (1975)
Plagiola (Pilea) obliquataR.I. Johnson (1978)
Epioblasma obliquataParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Epioblasma obliquata obliquataWatters et al. (2009)

Unio propesulcatus de Gregorio, 1914
de Gregorio, 1914. Il Nat. Siciliano 2: 60, pl. 10. figs. 2a-d.

Unio propesulcatusde Gregorio (1914)
Plagiola (Pilea) obliquataR.I. Johnson (1978)
Epioblasma obliquataParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Epioblasma obliquata obliquataWatters 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. stewensonide Gregorio (1914)
Plagiola (Pilea) obliquataR.I. Johnson (1978)
Epioblasma obliquataParmalee & Bogan (1998)
Epioblasma obliquata obliquataWatters 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 obliquataWatters 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) sulcataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (s.s.) sulcatusCall (1900)
Unio propesulcatusde Gregorio (1914)
Unio stewardsonii var. stewensonide Gregorio (1914)
Truncilla obliquataVanatta (1915)
Dysnomia (Scalenilla) sulcataOrtmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1925), Haas (1969)
Dysnomia (s.s.) sulcataOrtmann (1924)
Quadrula (Obliquata) obliquataFrierson (1927), Haas (1930), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Dysnomia (Pilea) sulcataFrierson (1927), Haas (1930), Haas (1969)
Dysnomia (Pilea) sulcata-pectitaFrierson (1927)
Epioblasma (sec. Scalenilla) sulcatusThiele (1934)
Pleurobema obliquataMorrison (1969)
Plagiola ridibundusMorrison (1969)
Dysnomia sulcataStansbery (1970), Burch (1975), Mackie et al. (1980)
Obliquaria obliquataBurch (1975)
Plagiola (Pilea) obliquataR.I. Johnson (1978)
Plagiola obliquataR.I. Johnson (1980)
Epioblasma obliquata obliquataTurgeon 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 obliquataCummings & 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 pyramidatumVidrine (1993)
Pleurobema (Sintoxia) rubrumCampbell & Lydeard (2012)
Dysnomia sulcata sulcataITIS (2012)

 
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