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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina | Anodontoides

species Anodontoides ferussacianus (Lea, 1834): synonymy
     7 specimens

Anodonta ferussaciana Lea, 1834
Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 45, pl. 6, fig. 15.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_86520, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Anodontoides ferussacianusSimpson (1900), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910), Ortmann (1912), ... FMCS (2021), Hnytka et al. (2022), Whelan et al. (2023), Smith et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023)
Unio (Anodonta) subcylindraceaCall (1900)
Anodonta ferussaceana [sic]de Gregorio (1914)
Anodonta (Anodontoides) ferussacianaFrierson (1927)
Anodontoides ferussacianaThiele (1934), Turgeon et al. (1998)
Anodontoides ferussacianus ferussacianusHaas (1969)
Anodontoides ferrusacianus [sic]Haag (2012)

Anodonta buchanensis Lea, 1838
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 54. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 47, pl. 14, fig. 43.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86719, Buck Creek.

Anodontoides ferussacianusSimpson (1900), F.C. Baker (1928), Clarke (1973), Burch (1975), Oesch (1984), Strayer & Jirka (1997), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Watters et al. (2009)
Anodontoides ferussacianus var. buchanensisSimpson (1914)
Anodonta (Anodontoides) ferussacianaFrierson (1927)
Anodontoides ferussacianus ferussacianusHaas (1969)

Anodonta subcylindracea Lea, 1838
Lea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 106, pl. 24, fig. 117.
Type(s): SYNTYPE AMNH_31131A, Oak Orchard Creek, Orleans Co., New York.

Anodontoides ferussacianus var. subcylindraceusSimpson (1900), Ortmann (1909)
Unio (Anodonta) subcylindraceaCall (1900)
Anodontoides ferussacianusOrtmann (1910), Clarke (1973), Burch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Strayer & Jirka (1997), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Watters et al. (2009)
Anodontoides ferussacianus var. buchanensisSimpson (1914)
Anodonta subcilindracea [sic]de Gregorio (1914)
Anodonta (Anodontoides) ferussaciana-subcylindraceaFrierson (1927)
Anodontoides ferussacianus subcylindraceusF.C. Baker (1928), Haas (1969)

Anodonta ferruginea Lea, 1840
Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 289.
Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 225 [63], pl. 19, fig. 43.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86539, Simons Creek, Indiana.

Anodontoides ferussacianusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Strayer & Jirka (1997), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Watters et al. (2009)
Unio (Anodonta) edentulaCall (1900)
Anodonta (Anodontoides) ferussacianaFrierson (1927)
Anodontoides ferussacianus ferussacianusHaas (1969)

Anodonta modesta Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 84.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 364 [46], pl. 63, fig. 189.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86534, pond near Kalamazoo, Mich.

Anodontoides ferussacianus var. modestusSimpson (1900)
Anodontoides modestusSimpson (1914)
Anodonta (Anodontoides) modestaFrierson (1927)
Anodontoides ferussacianus modestusHaas (1969)
Anodontoides ferussacianusR.I. Johnson (1980), Strayer & Jirka (1997), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Watters et al. (2009)

Anodon subcylindracea Sowerby, 1867
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 14, sp. 47. [in part]
Clessin, 1873. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 92, pl. 26, figs. 6-7.
(reference to Anodonta subcylindracea Lea, 1838)

Anodontoides ferussacianusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Watters et al. (2009)

Anodontoides birgei F.C. Baker, 1923
F.C. Baker, 1923. Nautilus 36(4): 123.
F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 180, pl. 68, figs. 1-4.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) UMMZ_209188, Sturgeon Bay, Wisc.

Anodonta (Anodontoides) birgeiFrierson (1927)
Anodontoides birgeiF.C. Baker (1928)
Anodontoides ferussacianus birgeiHaas (1969)
Anodontoides ferussacianusR.I. Johnson (1980), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Watters et al. (2009)

Anodonta ferussacciana Hanley, 1843
‘Lea’ Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 218.
(error for Anodonta ferussaciana Lea, 1834)

Anodonta cylindrica Dewey, 1856
‘Lea’ Dewey, 1856. unknown publication: ??.
(error for Anodonta subcylindracea Lea, 1838)

Anodontoides ferussacianusStrayer & Jirka (1997)

Anodonta ferussaceana de Gregorio, 1914
‘Lea’ de Gregorio, 1914. Il Nat. Siciliano 2: 64.
(error for Anodonta ferussaciana Lea, 1834)

Anodontoides ferussacianusWatters et al. (2009)

Anodonta subcilindracea de Gregorio, 1914
‘Lea’ de Gregorio, 1914. Il Nat. Siciliano 2: 62.
(error for Anodonta subcylindracea Lea, 1838)

Anodontoides ferussacianusWatters et al. (2009)

Anodontoides ferrusacianus Haag, 2012
Haag, 2012. N. Amer. Freshw. Mussels: 70.
(error for Anodonta ferussaciana Lea, 1834)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Anodontoides ferussacianusSimpson (1900), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910), Ortmann (1912), ... FMCS (2021), Hnytka et al. (2022), Whelan et al. (2023), Smith et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023)
Unio (Anodonta) subcylindraceaCall (1900)
Anodontoides ferussacianus var. subcylindraceusSimpson (1900), Ortmann (1909)
Unio (Anodonta) edentulaCall (1900)
Anodontoides ferussacianus var. modestusSimpson (1900)
Anodonta ferussaceana [sic]de Gregorio (1914)
Anodontoides ferussacianus var. buchanensisSimpson (1914)
Anodonta subcilindracea [sic]de Gregorio (1914)
Anodontoides modestusSimpson (1914)
Anodonta (Anodontoides) ferussacianaFrierson (1927)
Anodonta (Anodontoides) ferussaciana-subcylindraceaFrierson (1927)
Anodonta (Anodontoides) modestaFrierson (1927)
Anodonta (Anodontoides) birgeiFrierson (1927)
Anodontoides ferussacianus subcylindraceusF.C. Baker (1928), Haas (1969)
Anodontoides birgeiF.C. Baker (1928)
Anodontoides ferussacianaThiele (1934), Turgeon et al. (1998)
Anodontoides ferussacianus ferussacianusHaas (1969)
Anodontoides ferussacianus modestusHaas (1969)
Anodontoides ferussacianus birgeiHaas (1969)
Anodontoides ferrusacianus [sic]Haag (2012)

 
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