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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Gonideinae | Rectidentini | Rectidentina | Elongaria species Elongaria orientalis (Lea, 1840): synonymy 15 specimens Unio orientalis Lea, 1840
Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 285.
Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 221, pl. 18, fig. 38. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86058, Java.
Nodularia (s.s.) orientalis — Simpson (1900) Rectidens orientalis — Frierson (1911), Simpson (1914), Modell (1942) Elongaria (s.s.) orientalis — Haas (1913), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969), Haas (1969) Elongaria orientalis — Haas (1940), van Benthem Jutting (1953), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Affandi et al. (2013), Zieritz et al. (2018), Pfeiffer et al. (2021), Graf & Cummings (2021), Sahidin et al. (2021) | |
Unio productus Mousson, 1849
Mousson, 1849. Land-Süßw.-Moll. Java: 93, pl. 17, figs. 3-5. (renamed Unio productior Lea, 1852; homonym of Unio productus Conrad, 1836)
Nodularia (s.s.) orientalis — Simpson (1900) Elongaria (s.s.) orientalis — Haas (1913), Haas (1969) Rectidens orientalis — Simpson (1914) Elongaria orientalis — van Benthem Jutting (1953), Pfeiffer et al. (2021) | |
Unio productior Lea, 1852 Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 29 (footnote). (new name for Unio productus Mousson, 1849)
Nodularia (s.s.) orientalis — Simpson (1900) Elongaria (s.s.) orientalis — Haas (1913), Haas (1969) Rectidens orientalis — Simpson (1914) Elongaria orientalis — van Benthem Jutting (1953), Pfeiffer et al. (2021) | |
Unio bithynicus Kobelt, 1893
Kobelt, 1893. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 6: 96, pl. 179, fig. 1128.
Unio (sec. Lymnium) bythinicus [sic] — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Elongaria orientalis — Haas (1940), van Benthem Jutting (1953), Pfeiffer et al. (2021) — Haas (1969) | |
Unio bythinicus Simpson, 1900 ‘Kobelt’ of Authors. Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 695. Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 565. Haas, 1940. Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 141. (error for Unio bithynicus Kobelt, 1893) | |
Unio productus form arcuatus Mousson, 1849
Mousson, 1849. Land-Süßw.-Moll. Java: 93, pl. 17, fig. 4. [infra-subsp.] (intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio productus Mousson, 1849; homonym of Unio arcuata Bouchard-Chantereaux, 1838)
Elongaria orientalis — van Benthem Jutting (1953) | |
Unio productus form fragilis Mousson, 1849
Mousson, 1849. Land-Süßw.-Moll. Java: 93, pl. 17, fig. 5. [infra-subsp.] (intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio productus Mousson, 1849; homonym of Unio (Leptodea) fragilis Rafinesque, 1820)
Elongaria orientalis — van Benthem Jutting (1953) | |
Unio productus form normalis Mousson, 1849
Mousson, 1849. Land-Süßw.-Moll. Java: 93, pl. 17, fig. 3. [infra-subsp.] (intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio productus Mousson, 1849)
Elongaria orientalis — van Benthem Jutting (1953) | |
Lamellidens evanescens Paravicini, 1935 ‘Mousson’ Paravicini, 1935. Arch. Moll. 67: 175. (misidentified reference to Unio evanescens Mousson, 1849)
Elongaria orientalis — van Benthem Jutting (1953) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Nodularia (s.s.) orientalis — Simpson (1900) Unio (sec. Lymnium) bythinicus [sic] — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Rectidens orientalis — Frierson (1911), Simpson (1914), Modell (1942) Elongaria (s.s.) orientalis — Haas (1913), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969), Haas (1969) Elongaria orientalis — Haas (1940), van Benthem Jutting (1953), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Affandi et al. (2013), Zieritz et al. (2018), Pfeiffer et al. (2021), Graf & Cummings (2021), Sahidin et al. (2021) — Haas (1969)
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