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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 fasciolaris — Vanatta (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 fasciolaris — Ortmann (1918) Ptychobranchus fasciolare — Ortmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), Murray & Leonard (1962), Burch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Mackie et al. (1980) Ptychobranchus (s.s.) fasciolare — Frierson (1927) Ptychobranchus (s.s.) fasciolaris — Haas (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 fasciolaris — Parmalee & 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 fasciolaris — Parmalee & 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-longa — Frierson (1927) Ptychobranchus fasciolaris — Parmalee & 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 fasciolaris — Parmalee & 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 brevidens — Vanatta (1915) Truncilla interrupta — Ortmann (1918) Dysnomia (Truncillopsis) brevidens — Ortmann & Walker (1922) Lampsilis (Ligumia) menkiana — Frierson (1927) Plagiola interruptus — Morrison (1969) Obliquaria interrupta — Burch (1975) Plagiola (s.s.) interrupta — R.I. Johnson (1978) Plagiola interrupta — R.I. Johnson (1980) Ptychobranchus fasciolaris — Parmalee & 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 phaseolus — Simpson (1900), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910), Ortmann (1912), Simpson (1914) Unio (s.s.) phaseolus — Call (1900) Unio phaseolus — de Gregorio (1914) Ptychobranchus fasciolaris — Vanatta (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 fasciolaris — Ortmann (1918) Ptychobranchus fasciolare — Ortmann & Walker (1922), Murray & Leonard (1962), Burch (1975) Ptychobranchus (s.s.) fasciolare — Frierson (1927) Ptychobranchus (s.s.) fasciolaris — Haas (1969) Ptychobranchus (s.s.) phaseolus — Haas (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 phaseolus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Unio (s.s.) phaseolus — Call (1900) Ptychobranchus (s.s.) fasciolare — Frierson (1927) Ptychobranchus (s.s.) fasciolaris — Haas (1969) Ptychobranchus fasciolaris — Parmalee & 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 phaseolus — Simpson (1900) Unio (s.s.) phaseolus — Call (1900) Ptychobranchus phaseolus var. camelus — Simpson (1914) — de Gregorio (1914) Ptychobranchus (s.s.) fasciolare-longa — Frierson (1927) Ptychobranchus (s.s.) fasciolaris — Haas (1969) Ptychobranchus fasciolaris — Parmalee & 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 phaseolus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Ptychobranchus fasciolaris — Watters et al. (2009) | |
Unio abacus Haldeman, 1842 Haldeman, 1842. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8: 202.
Pleurobema (s.s.) abacus — Simpson (1900) Pleurobema abacus — Simpson (1914) — Ortmann (1918), Parmalee & Bogan (1998) Ptychobranchus (s.s.) fasciolare — Frierson (1927) Ptychobranchus (s.s.) fasciolaris — Haas (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 phaseolus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Unio compressissimus — de Gregorio (1914) Ptychobranchus (s.s.) fasciolare — Frierson (1927) Ptychobranchus (s.s.) fasciolaris — Haas (1969) Ptychobranchus fasciolaris — Parmalee & 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 imperitus — de Gregorio (1914) Ptychobranchus fasciolaris — Parmalee & 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 performosus — de Gregorio (1914) Ptychobranchus fasciolaris — Parmalee & 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. blandus — de Gregorio (1914) Ptychobranchus fasciolaris — Parmalee & 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.) fasciolaris — Haas (1969) Ptychobranchus fasciolaris — Strayer & 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 phaseolus — Simpson (1900), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910), Ortmann (1912), Simpson (1914) Unio (s.s.) phaseolus — Call (1900) Pleurobema (s.s.) abacus — Simpson (1900) Unio phaseolus — de Gregorio (1914) Ptychobranchus phaseolus var. camelus — Simpson (1914) Pleurobema abacus — Simpson (1914) Unio compressissimus — de Gregorio (1914) Unio imperitus — de Gregorio (1914) Unio compressissimus f.a performosus — de Gregorio (1914) Unio lanceolatus var. blandus — de Gregorio (1914) Ptychobranchus fasciolaris — Vanatta (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 brevidens — Vanatta (1915) Ellipsaria fasciolaris — Ortmann (1918) Truncilla interrupta — Ortmann (1918) Ptychobranchus fasciolare — Ortmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), Murray & Leonard (1962), Burch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Mackie et al. (1980) Dysnomia (Truncillopsis) brevidens — Ortmann & Walker (1922) Ptychobranchus (s.s.) fasciolare — Frierson (1927) Ptychobranchus (s.s.) fasciolare-longa — Frierson (1927) Lampsilis (Ligumia) menkiana — Frierson (1927) Ptychobranchus (s.s.) fasciolaris — Haas (1969) Plagiola interruptus — Morrison (1969) Ptychobranchus (s.s.) phaseolus — Haas (1969) Obliquaria interrupta — Burch (1975) Plagiola (s.s.) interrupta — R.I. Johnson (1978) Plagiola interrupta — R.I. Johnson (1980)
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