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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Utterback (1915): summary publication summary Complete CitationUtterback, W.I. 1915. The naiades of Missouri. III. American Midland Naturalist 4(5): 181-204. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal SpeciesElliptio dilatata var. subgibbosa Utterback, 1915 ‘Lea’ Utterback, 1915. Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(5): 202-203, pl. 21, figs. 68a-d. (misidentified reference to Unio subgibbosus Lea, 1857) | |
Plethobasus cooperianus Utterback, 1915 ‘Lea’ Utterback, 1915. Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(5): 183, pl. 20, fig. 57a-b. (misidentified reference to Unio cooperianus Lea, 1834) | |
Pleurobema missourense Utterback, 1915 ‘Marsh’ Utterback, 1915. Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(5): 195. (error for Pleurobema missouriensis Marsh, 1901) | |
Pleurobema utterbackii Utterback, 1915
Frierson in Utterback, 1915. Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(5): 197, pl. 5, fig. 12a-b; pl 20, figs. 63A-D. Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 57, sp. 247 [as ‘Q. (Fusconaia) utterbackii’]. Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) MCZ_271448, White R., Hollister, Taney Co., Missouri. | |
Quadrula (Cyclonaias) tuberculata utterbackiana Frierson, 1927 ‘Lea’ Utterback, 1915. Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(5): 183, pl. 20, fig. 57a-b [as ‘Plethobasus cooperianus’]. Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 52, sp. 224c. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Obliquaria (Rotundaria) tuberculata Rafinesque, 1820) | |
Taxonomic OpinionsElliptio dilatata (Rafinesque) = Eurynia dilatata + Unio gibbosus Barnes, 1823 + Unio arctior Lea, 1838 Elliptio dilatata delicata (Simpson) = Eurynia dilatata Elliptio dilatata subgibbosa (Lea) = Elliptio arctata + Unio lazarus Lea, 1852 Elliptio dilatata subgibbosa (Lea) = Elliptio arca Elliptio nigra Rafinesque = Elliptio crassidens + Unio cuneatus Barnes, 1823 Plethobasus aesopus (Green) = Plethobasus cyphyus + Unio cyphia Rafinesque, 1820 Plethobasus cooperianus (Lea) Pleurobema catillus (Conrad) = Pleurobema sintoxia + Unio solidus Lea, 1838 + Unio solidus Lea, 1838 + Unio fulgidus Lea, 1845 Pleurobema coccineum (Conrad) = Pleurobema sintoxia Pleurobema missourense [sic] (Marsh) = Pleurobema sintoxia Pleurobema obliquum (Lamarck) = Pleurobema cordatum + Unio obliquus Call, 1900 Pleurobema obliquum catillus (Conrad) = Pleurobema sintoxia Pleurobema obliquum coccineum (Conrad) = Pleurobema sintoxia Pleurobema obliquum plenum (Lea) = Pleurobema plenum Pleurobema obliquum pyramidatum (Lea) = Pleurobema sintoxia Pleurobema utterbackii Frierson = Fusconaia ozarkensis Rotundaria granifera (Lea) = Cyclonaias tuberculata
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