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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Gonideinae | Rectidentini | 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.) orientalisSimpson (1900)
Rectidens orientalisFrierson (1911), Simpson (1914), Modell (1942)
Elongaria (s.s.) orientalisHaas (1913), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Elongaria orientalisHaas (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.
(homonym of Unio productus Conrad, 1836; renamed Unio productior Lea, 1852)

Nodularia (s.s.) orientalisSimpson (1900)
Elongaria (s.s.) orientalisHaas (1913), Haas (1969)
Rectidens orientalisSimpson (1914)
Elongaria orientalisvan 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.) orientalisSimpson (1900)
Elongaria (s.s.) orientalisHaas (1913), Haas (1969)
Rectidens orientalisSimpson (1914)
Elongaria orientalisvan 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 orientalisHaas (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.]
(homonym of Unio arcuata Bouchard-Chantereaux, 1838; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio productus Mousson, 1849)

Elongaria orientalisvan Benthem Jutting (1953)

Unio productus form fragilis Mousson, 1849
Mousson, 1849. Land-Süßw.-Moll. Java: 93, pl. 17, fig. 5. [infra-subsp.]
(homonym of Unio (Leptodea) fragilis Rafinesque, 1820; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio productus Mousson, 1849)

Elongaria orientalisvan 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 orientalisvan Benthem Jutting (1953)

Lamellidens evanescens Paravicini, 1935
‘Mousson’ Paravicini, 1935. Arch. Moll. 67: 175.
(misidentified reference to Unio evanescens Mousson, 1849)

Elongaria orientalisvan Benthem Jutting (1953)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Nodularia (s.s.) orientalisSimpson (1900)
Unio (sec. Lymnium) bythinicus [sic]Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Rectidens orientalisFrierson (1911), Simpson (1914), Modell (1942)
Elongaria (s.s.) orientalisHaas (1913), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Elongaria orientalisHaas (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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