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

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species Sagittunio subrostratus (Say, 1831): synonymy
     7 specimens + 1 Genbank voucher

Unio subrostratus Say, 1831
Say, 1831. New Harm. Dissem. 1(29): [no pagination].
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 134, 225.
Type(s): NEOTYPE SMF_4348, N. Amerika.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) subrostratusSimpson (1900)
Unio (s.s.) subrostratusCall (1900)
Eurynia (s.s.) subrostrataOrtmann (1912), Ortmann (1916), Utterback (1916)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) subrostrataSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) subrostrataFrierson (1927), Haas (1930)
Ligumia subrostratusF.C. Baker (1928)
Ligumia subrostrataMurray & Leonard (1962), Haas (1969), Gordon et al. (1979), R.I. Johnson (1980), Oesch (1984), ... Cummings & Graf (2010), ITIS (2012), Haag (2012), McMurray et al. (2012), Williams et al. (2017)
Sagittunio subrostratusWatters (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021), Bieler (2021), FMCS (2021), FMCS (2025)
L. subrostrataMarshall et al. (2018)
Sagittunio subrostrataHopper et al. (2023)

Unio nashvillianus Lea, 1834
Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 100, pl. 14, fig. 43.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85114, Nashville, Tenn.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) subrostratusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) subrostrataSimpson (1914)
de Gregorio (1914)
Micromya vanuxemensisOrtmann (1924)
Ligumia subrostrataHaas (1969), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)
Ligumia nasutaBurch (1975)
Sagittunio subrostratusWatters (2018), Bieler (2021)

Unio mississippiensis Conrad, 1850
Conrad, 1850. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1: 277, pl. 38, fig. 11.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 252.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MCZ_178777, Tributary of the Lower Mississippi, Louisiana.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) subrostratusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) subrostrataSimpson (1914)
Eurynia (s.s.) subrostrataUtterback (1916)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) subrostrataFrierson (1927)
Ligumia subrostrataHaas (1969), Oesch (1984), Vidrine (1993), Howells et al. (1996), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)
Sagittunio subrostratusWatters (2018)

Lampsilis nashvillensis Agassiz, 1852
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Agassiz, 1852. Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 44.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 45.
B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [4].
Ortmann, 1924. Amer. Midl. Nat. 9(1): 32.
(error for Unio nashvillianus Lea, 1834)

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) subrostratusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) subrostrataSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) subrostrataFrierson (1927)
Ligumia subrostrataParmalee & Bogan (1998)
Sagittunio subrostratusWatters (2018), Bieler (2021)

Unio rutersvillensis Lea, 1859
Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 155.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 356 [38], pl. 60, fig. 181.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84976, Clear Creek, Rutersville, Fayette Co., Texas.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) subrostratusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) subrostrataSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) subrostrataFrierson (1927)
Ligumia subrostrataHaas (1969), Vidrine (1993), Howells et al. (1996), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)
Sagittunio subrostratusWatters (2018)

Unio cocoduensis Reeve, 1865
‘White MS’ Reeve, 1865. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 24, sp. 117.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965187, Hab._?

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) subrostratusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) subrostrataSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) subrostrataFrierson (1927)
Ligumia subrostrataHaas (1969), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)
Sagittunio subrostratusWatters (2018)

Unio topekaensis Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 144.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 313 [73], pl. 49, fig. 126.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_84978, Falls City, Nebraska.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) subrostratusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) subrostrataSimpson (1914)
Eurynia (s.s.) subrostrataUtterback (1916)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) subrostrataFrierson (1927)
Ligumia subrostrataMurray & Leonard (1962), Haas (1969), Oesch (1984), Howells et al. (1996), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)
Sagittunio subrostratusWatters (2018)

Lampsilis (Eurynia) subrostrata var. furva Simpson, 1914
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 100.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio subrostratus Say, 1831)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_126921 (by R.I. Johnson, 1975: 13), Lake at Warsaw, Indiana.

Lampsilis (Eurynia) subrostrata var. furvaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) subrostrata-furvaFrierson (1927)
Ligumia subrostrataHaas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1980), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)
Sagittunio subrostratusWatters (2018)

Unio topekensis Utterback, 1916
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Utterback, 1916. Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(10): 438.
Oesch, 1984. Missouri Naiades: 198.
(error for Unio topekaensis Lea, 1868)

Unio mississippianus Küster, 1861
‘Conrad’ Küster, 1861. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 245.
(error for Unio mississippiensis Conrad, 1850)

Unio nashvilleensis Lea, 1874
Lea, 1874. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 68 [as ‘nashvilleënsis’].
(error for Unio nashvillianus Lea, 1834)

Sagittunio subrostratusBieler (2021)

Margaron (Unio) nashvilliensis Simpson, 1900
‘Lea’ Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 547.
(error for Lampsilis nashvillensis Agassiz, 1852)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) subrostratusSimpson (1900)
Unio (s.s.) subrostratusCall (1900)
Eurynia (s.s.) subrostrataOrtmann (1912), Ortmann (1916), Utterback (1916)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) subrostrataSimpson (1914)
de Gregorio (1914)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) subrostrata var. furvaSimpson (1914)
Micromya vanuxemensisOrtmann (1924)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) subrostrataFrierson (1927), Haas (1930)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) subrostrata-furvaFrierson (1927)
Ligumia subrostratusF.C. Baker (1928)
Ligumia subrostrataMurray & Leonard (1962), Haas (1969), Gordon et al. (1979), R.I. Johnson (1980), Oesch (1984), ... Cummings & Graf (2010), ITIS (2012), Haag (2012), McMurray et al. (2012), Williams et al. (2017)
Ligumia nasutaBurch (1975)
Sagittunio subrostratusWatters (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021), Bieler (2021), FMCS (2021), FMCS (2025)
L. subrostrataMarshall et al. (2018)
Sagittunio subrostrataHopper et al. (2023)

 
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