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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 | Lampsilini | Obliquaria species Obliquaria reflexa Rafinesque, 1820: synonymy
3 specimens + 9 Genbank vouchers Obliquaria (Quadrula) reflexa Rafinesque, 1820
 Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 306 [also as ‘U. reflexa’].
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 50.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_20206, Letart Falls.
Obliquaria reflexa — Simpson (1900), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910), Ortmann (1912), Simpson (1914), ... Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023), Wu et al. (2023), Freeman et al. (2025), FMCS (2025) | |
Unio cornutus Barnes, 1823
Barnes, 1823. Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 122, pl. 4, figs. 5a-c.
Obliquaria reflexa — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Utterback (1916), Ortmann & Walker (1922), Frierson (1927), ... Howells et al. (1996), Strayer & Jirka (1997), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)
Unio (s.s.) cornutus — Call (1900)
— de Gregorio (1914) | |
Unio torulosus Short & Eaton, 1831
‘Rafinesque’ Short & Eaton, 1831. Transylvania J. Med. Assoc. Sci. 1831: 75.
(misidentified reference to Amblema torulosa Rafinesque, 1820)
Obliquaria reflexa — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Watters et al. (2009) | |
Unio phillipsii Conrad, 1835
 Conrad, 1835. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(1): 9, pl. 5, fig. 1.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 255.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_19432, Wabash R., Indiana.
Obliquaria reflexa — Simpson (1900), Williams et al. (2008)
Obliquaria reflexa var. phillipsi — Simpson (1914)
Pleurobema (Plethobasus) cyphyum-phillipsi — Frierson (1927)
Plethobasus cyphyus — Haas (1969)
Dysnomia torulosa torulosa — Burch (1975)
Epioblasma phillipsii — Cummings & Mayer (1997), Cicerello & Schuster (2003), Watters et al. (2009)
Epioblasma torulosa — Parmalee & Bogan (1998) | |
Obliquaria reflexa conradi Frierson, 1927
 Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 65, sp. 290a.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Obliquaria (Quadrula) reflexa Rafinesque, 1820)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_56695, Alabama R., Ala.
Obliquaria reflexa-conradi — Frierson (1927)
Obliquaria reflexa — Haas (1969), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009) | |
Unio philipsii Hanley, 1843
‘Conrad’ Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 178.
(error for Unio phillipsii Conrad, 1835)
Epioblasma torulosa — Parmalee & Bogan (1998) | |
Unio phillipsea Conrad, 1853
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 269.
(error for Unio phillipsii Conrad, 1835) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Obliquaria reflexa — Simpson (1900), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910), Ortmann (1912), Simpson (1914), ... Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023), Wu et al. (2023), Freeman et al. (2025), FMCS (2025)
Unio (s.s.) cornutus — Call (1900)
— de Gregorio (1914)
Obliquaria reflexa var. phillipsi — Simpson (1914)
Pleurobema (Plethobasus) cyphyum-phillipsi — Frierson (1927)
Obliquaria reflexa-conradi — Frierson (1927)
Plethobasus cyphyus — Haas (1969)
Dysnomia torulosa torulosa — Burch (1975)
Epioblasma phillipsii — Cummings & Mayer (1997), Cicerello & Schuster (2003), Watters et al. (2009)
Epioblasma torulosa — Parmalee & Bogan (1998)
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