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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Ptychobranchus

species Ptychobranchus fasciolaris (Rafinesque, 1820): synonymy
     6 specimens + 5 Genbank vouchers

Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) fasciolaris Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1818. Amer. Mon. Mag. 3: 355 [as ‘Potamilus fasciolaris’]. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1819. Jour. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. 88: 426 [as ‘U. (Plagiola) fasciolaris’]. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 303 [also as ‘U. fasciolaris’].
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 22, 29, 48.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_20253, Kentucky River.

Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Ptychobranchus fasciolarisVanatta (1915), F.C. Baker (1928), Thiele (1934), Turgeon et al. (1988), Cummings & Mayer (1992), ... Klymus et al. (2020), Gasparini et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)
Ellipsaria fasciolarisOrtmann (1918)
Ptychobranchus fasciolareOrtmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), Murray & Leonard (1962), Burch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Mackie et al. (1980)
Ptychobranchus (s.s.) fasciolareFrierson (1927)
Ptychobranchus (s.s.) fasciolarisHaas (1969)

Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) fasciolaris var. fuscata Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 304.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 48.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) fasciolaris Rafinesque, 1820)

Ptychobranchus fasciolarisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)

Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) fasciolaris var. interrupta Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 303.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 48.
(homonym of Obliquaria (Plagiola) interrupta Rafinesque, 1820; intro'd as intra-sp. of Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) fasciolaris Rafinesque, 1820)

Ptychobranchus fasciolarisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)

Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) fasciolaris var. longa Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 304.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 48.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) fasciolaris Rafinesque, 1820)

Vanatta (1915)
Ptychobranchus (s.s.) fasciolare-longaFrierson (1927)
Ptychobranchus fasciolarisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)

Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) fasciolaris var. obliterata Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 304.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 48.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) fasciolaris Rafinesque, 1820)

Vanatta (1915)
Ptychobranchus fasciolarisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)

Obliquaria (Plagiola) interrupta Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 302 [also as ‘U. do’].
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 47.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_20257, Ohio River.

Truncilla brevidensVanatta (1915)
Truncilla interruptaOrtmann (1918)
Dysnomia (Truncillopsis) brevidensOrtmann & Walker (1922)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) menkianaFrierson (1927)
Plagiola interruptusMorrison (1969)
Obliquaria interruptaBurch (1975)
Plagiola (s.s.) interruptaR.I. Johnson (1978)
Plagiola interruptaR.I. Johnson (1980)
Ptychobranchus fasciolarisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)

Unio phaseolus Hildreth, 1828
Hildreth, 1828. Amer. J. Sci. 14: 283.
Say, 1834. Amer. Conch. 6: pl. 22.

Ptychobranchus phaseolusSimpson (1900), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910), Ortmann (1912), Simpson (1914)
Unio (s.s.) phaseolusCall (1900)
Unio phaseolusde Gregorio (1914)
Ptychobranchus fasciolarisVanatta (1915), F.C. Baker (1928), Thiele (1934), Strayer & Jirka (1997), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Ellipsaria fasciolarisOrtmann (1918)
Ptychobranchus fasciolareOrtmann & Walker (1922), Murray & Leonard (1962), Burch (1975)
Ptychobranchus (s.s.) fasciolareFrierson (1927)
Ptychobranchus (s.s.) fasciolarisHaas (1969)
Ptychobranchus (s.s.) phaseolusHaas (1969)

Unio planulatus Lea, 1829
Lea, 1829. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3 [O. 1]: 431 [45], pl. 9, fig. 13.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86059, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Ptychobranchus phaseolusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (s.s.) phaseolusCall (1900)
Ptychobranchus (s.s.) fasciolareFrierson (1927)
Ptychobranchus (s.s.) fasciolarisHaas (1969)
Ptychobranchus fasciolarisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)

Unio camelus Lea, 1834
Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 102 [214], pl. 15, fig. 45.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84486, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Ptychobranchus phaseolusSimpson (1900)
Unio (s.s.) phaseolusCall (1900)
Ptychobranchus phaseolus var. camelusSimpson (1914)
de Gregorio (1914)
Ptychobranchus (s.s.) fasciolare-longaFrierson (1927)
Ptychobranchus (s.s.) fasciolarisHaas (1969)
Ptychobranchus fasciolarisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)

Unio fasciolaris Conrad, 1834
‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Conrad, 1834. New Fresh-Water Shells: 69.
(reference to Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) fasciolaris Rafinesque, 1820)

Ptychobranchus phaseolusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Ptychobranchus fasciolarisWatters et al. (2009)

Unio abacus Haldeman, 1842
Haldeman, 1842. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8: 202.

Pleurobema (s.s.) abacusSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema abacusSimpson (1914)
Ortmann (1918), Parmalee & Bogan (1998)
Ptychobranchus (s.s.) fasciolareFrierson (1927)
Ptychobranchus (s.s.) fasciolarisHaas (1969)

Unio compressissimus Lea, 1845
Lea, 1845. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 4: 163.
Lea, 1848. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 4]: 81, pl. 8, fig. 23.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_84474, Holston R., Tenn.

Ptychobranchus phaseolusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio compressissimusde Gregorio (1914)
Ptychobranchus (s.s.) fasciolareFrierson (1927)
Ptychobranchus (s.s.) fasciolarisHaas (1969)
Ptychobranchus fasciolarisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)

Unio imperitus de Gregorio, 1914
de Gregorio, 1914. Il Nat. Siciliano 2: 45, pl. 9, figs. 1a-d.

Unio imperitusde Gregorio (1914)
Ptychobranchus fasciolarisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)

Unio compressissimus f.a performosus de Gregorio, 1914
de Gregorio, 1914. Il Nat. Siciliano 2: 53, pl. 5, figs. 2a-d.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio compressissimus Lea, 1845)

Unio compressissimus f.a performosusde Gregorio (1914)
Ptychobranchus fasciolarisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)

Unio lanceolatus var. blandus de Gregorio, 1914
de Gregorio, 1914. Il Nat. Siciliano 2: 52, pl. 8, figs. 2a-d.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio lanceolatus Lea, 1828)

Unio lanceolatus var. blandusde Gregorio (1914)
Ptychobranchus fasciolarisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)

Ptychobranchus fasciolaris var. lacustris F.C. Baker, 1928
F.C. Baker, 1928. Nautilus 42(2): 52.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) fasciolaris Rafinesque, 1820)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE INHS_82496, Assembly grounds, Chautauqua Lake, New York.

Ptychobranchus (s.s.) fasciolarisHaas (1969)
Ptychobranchus fasciolarisStrayer & Jirka (1997), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)

Unio cuneatus Hildreth, 1828
‘Barnes’ Hildreth, 1828. Amer. J. Sci. 14: 283.
(misidentified reference to Unio cuneatus Barnes, 1823)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), de Gregorio (1914), Vanatta (1915), Ortmann (1918), Parmalee & Bogan (1998)
Ptychobranchus phaseolusSimpson (1900), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910), Ortmann (1912), Simpson (1914)
Unio (s.s.) phaseolusCall (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) abacusSimpson (1900)
Unio phaseolusde Gregorio (1914)
Ptychobranchus phaseolus var. camelusSimpson (1914)
Pleurobema abacusSimpson (1914)
Unio compressissimusde Gregorio (1914)
Unio imperitusde Gregorio (1914)
Unio compressissimus f.a performosusde Gregorio (1914)
Unio lanceolatus var. blandusde Gregorio (1914)
Ptychobranchus fasciolarisVanatta (1915), F.C. Baker (1928), Thiele (1934), Turgeon et al. (1988), Cummings & Mayer (1992), ... Klymus et al. (2020), Gasparini et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)
Truncilla brevidensVanatta (1915)
Ellipsaria fasciolarisOrtmann (1918)
Truncilla interruptaOrtmann (1918)
Ptychobranchus fasciolareOrtmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), Murray & Leonard (1962), Burch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Mackie et al. (1980)
Dysnomia (Truncillopsis) brevidensOrtmann & Walker (1922)
Ptychobranchus (s.s.) fasciolareFrierson (1927)
Ptychobranchus (s.s.) fasciolare-longaFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) menkianaFrierson (1927)
Ptychobranchus (s.s.) fasciolarisHaas (1969)
Plagiola interruptusMorrison (1969)
Ptychobranchus (s.s.) phaseolusHaas (1969)
Obliquaria interruptaBurch (1975)
Plagiola (s.s.) interruptaR.I. Johnson (1978)
Plagiola interruptaR.I. Johnson (1980)

 
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