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

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Amblemini | Reginaia

species Reginaia ebenus (Lea, 1831): synonymy
     4 specimens + 5 Genbank vouchers

Amblema antrosa Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 322.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 64.

Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) antrosaFrierson (1927)
Fusconaia antrosaHaas (1969)
Amblema antrosaBurch (1975)
Fusconaia ebenaVidrine (1993), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), He & Zhuang (2013)

Obliquaria (Rotundaria) pusilla Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1818. Amer. Mon. Mag. 3: 355 [as ‘Potamilus pusillus’]. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 308 [also as ‘Unio pusilla’].
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 23, 52.

Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio buxeusVanatta (1915)
Fusconaia pusillaMorrison (1969)
Obliquaria pusillaBurch (1975)
Fusconaia ebenaR.I. Johnson (1980), He & Zhuang (2013)

Obovaria obovalis Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1818. Amer. Mon. Mag. 3: 355 [as ‘Potamilus obovalis’]. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1819. Jour. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. 88: 426 [as ‘U. (Obovaria) obovalis’]. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 311 [also as ‘Unio obovalis’].
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 23, 29, 54.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_20244, Ohio River.

Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Quadrula obovalisVanatta (1915)
Fusconaia ebenusOrtmann & Walker (1922)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) antrosaFrierson (1927)
Fusconaia antrosaHaas (1969)
Obovaria obovalisBurch (1975)
Fusconaia ebenaOesch (1984), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), He & Zhuang (2013)

Obovaria pachostea Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 312 [also as ‘U. pachostea’].
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 55.

Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) antrosaFrierson (1927)
Fusconaia antrosaHaas (1969)
Plethobasus pachosteusMorrison (1969)
Obovaria pachosteaBurch (1975)
Plethobasus cicatricosusR.I. Johnson (1980)
Fusconaia ebenaParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), He & Zhuang (2013)

Unio ebenus Lea, 1831
Lea, 1831. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 4 [O. 1]: 84 [94], pl. 9, fig. 14.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85792, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) ebenusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (s.s.) ebenusCall (1900)
Fusconaia ebenusOrtmann (1912), Ortmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1925), F.C. Baker (1928), Burch (1975), Mathiak (1979)
Unio ebenus, var.de Gregorio (1914)
Fusconaia ebenaUtterback (1915), Gordon et al. (1979), R.I. Johnson (1980), Davis & Fuller (1981), Oesch (1984), ... Breton et al. (2011), ITIS (2012), IUCN (2012), McMurray et al. (2012), He & Zhuang (2013)
Quadrula obovalisVanatta (1915)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) antrosaFrierson (1927)
Fusconaia antrosaHaas (1969)
Fusconaia pusillaMorrison (1969)
Reginaia ebenusCampbell & Lydeard (2012), Campbell & Lydeard (2012), Inoue et al. (2013), Williams et al. (2017), Zieritz et al. (2018), ... Smith et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)
Reginaia ebenaHaag (2012), Pfeiffer et al. (2016), Chase et al. (2018), Pfeiffer et al. (2019), Pfeiffer et al. (2019), Inoue et al. (2020), Hauck et al. (2023)

Unio obovalis Say, 1834
Say, 1834. Amer. Conch. 6: [unpaginated].

Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) ebenusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Fusconaia ebenaWatters et al. (2009), He & Zhuang (2013)

Unio obovata Conrad, 1834
‘Raf.’ Conrad, 1834. New Fresh-Water Shells: 69.

Pleurobema cordataOrtmann & Walker (1922)
Burch (1975)

Unio obliqua Ferussac, 1835
‘Lamarck’ of Authors.
Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5: 28.
Conrad, 1837. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(9): 77, pl. 43, fig. 2.

Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) ebenusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) antrosaFrierson (1927)
Fusconaia antrosaHaas (1969)
Fusconaia ebenaParmalee & Bogan (1998), Watters et al. (2009)

Unio globatus Call, 1894
Call, 1894. Proc. Indiana Acad. Sci. 1893(3): ??.

Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) antrosaFrierson (1927)

Unio subrotundus Call, 1894
‘Lea’ Call, 1894. Proc. Indiana Acad. Sci. 1893(3): ??.

Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) antrosaFrierson (1927)

Unio pusella Lea, 1836
‘Rafinesque’ Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 59.
‘Rafinesque’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 58.
‘Rafinesque’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 92.

Fusconaia ebenaHe & Zhuang (2013)

Unio mytiliodes Swainson, 1840
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 292.

Unio (s.s.) mytiloides Swainson, 1840
‘Rafinesque’ Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 269-270, figs. 52-53; 292 [as ‘mytilïodes’].

Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) ebenusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) antrosaFrierson (1927)
Fusconaia ebenaParmalee & Bogan (1998), Watters et al. (2009)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Burch (1975)
Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) ebenusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (s.s.) ebenusCall (1900)
Fusconaia ebenusOrtmann (1912), Ortmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1925), F.C. Baker (1928), Burch (1975), Mathiak (1979)
Unio ebenus, var.de Gregorio (1914)
Unio buxeusVanatta (1915)
Quadrula obovalisVanatta (1915)
Fusconaia ebenaUtterback (1915), Gordon et al. (1979), R.I. Johnson (1980), Davis & Fuller (1981), Oesch (1984), ... Breton et al. (2011), ITIS (2012), IUCN (2012), McMurray et al. (2012), He & Zhuang (2013)
Pleurobema cordataOrtmann & Walker (1922)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) antrosaFrierson (1927)
Fusconaia antrosaHaas (1969)
Fusconaia pusillaMorrison (1969)
Plethobasus pachosteusMorrison (1969)
Amblema antrosaBurch (1975)
Obliquaria pusillaBurch (1975)
Obovaria obovalisBurch (1975)
Obovaria pachosteaBurch (1975)
Plethobasus cicatricosusR.I. Johnson (1980)
Reginaia ebenusCampbell & Lydeard (2012), Campbell & Lydeard (2012), Inoue et al. (2013), Williams et al. (2017), Zieritz et al. (2018), ... Smith et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)
Reginaia ebenaHaag (2012), Pfeiffer et al. (2016), Chase et al. (2018), Pfeiffer et al. (2019), Pfeiffer et al. (2019), Inoue et al. (2020), Hauck et al. (2023)

 
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