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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Ellipsaria

species Ellipsaria lineolata (Rafinesque, 1820): synonymy
     4 specimens + 3 Genbank vouchers

Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) ellipsaria Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 303 [also as ‘U. ellipsaria’].
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 48.

Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Plagiola lineolataVanatta (1915), Ortmann & Walker (1922)
Ellipsaria lineolataBurch (1975), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) ellipsaria var. fusca Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 303.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 48.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) ellipsaria Rafinesque, 1820)

Obliquaria (Plagiola) depressa Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1819. Jour. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. 88: 426 [as ‘Unio (Plagiola) depressa’]. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 302, pl. 81, figs. 5-7 [also as ‘U. depressa’].
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 29, 47.
(renamed Unio compressus Rafinesque, 1831)
Type(s): NEOTYPE ANSP_20207, Ohio River.

Plagiola (s.s.) securisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Plagiola lineolataVanatta (1915), Ortmann & Walker (1922), Frierson (1927), F.C. Baker (1928), Haas (1969)
Plagiola depressaHaas (1969)
Ellipsaria lineolataBurch (1975), Oesch (1984), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)

Obliquaria (Plagiola) lineolata Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 303 [also as ‘U. linéolata’].
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 47.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_20242, Ohio River.

Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (s.s.) lineolatusCall (1900)
Plagiola lineolataVanatta (1915), Ortmann (1918), Ortmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), Frierson (1927), F.C. Baker (1928), Murray & Leonard (1962), Haas (1969), Gordon et al. (1979), Mathiak (1979)
Crenodonta lineolataMorrison (1969)
Ellipsaria lineolataBurch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Oesch (1984), Turgeon et al. (1988), Cummings & Mayer (1992), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023), Saxon et al. (2023)

Unio securis Lea, 1829
Lea, 1829. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3 [O. 1]: 437 [51], pl. 11, fig. 17.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84475, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Plagiola (s.s.) securisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (s.s.) lineolatusCall (1900)
Plagiola securisOrtmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910), Ortmann (1912), Utterback (1916)
Unio securisde Gregorio (1914)
Plagiola lineolataVanatta (1915), Ortmann (1918), Ortmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1924), Frierson (1927), F.C. Baker (1928), Murray & Leonard (1962), Haas (1969)
Plagiolopsis securisThiele (1934)
Plagiola depressaHaas (1969)
Crenodonta lineolataMorrison (1969)
Ellipsaria lineolataBurch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Oesch (1984), Vidrine (1993), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)

Unio compressus Rafinesque, 1831
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 4.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 77.
(new name for Obliquaria (Plagiola) depressa Rafinesque, 1820; homonym of Unio compressus Sowerby, 1829)

Ellipsaria lineolataWilliams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)

Unio lineolatus Say, 1834
‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
‘Rafinesque’ Say, 1834. Amer. Conch. 6: pl. 68.
‘Rafinesque’ Conrad, 1834. New Fresh-Water Shells: 70.
(reference to Obliquaria (Plagiola) lineolata Rafinesque, 1820)

Plagiola (s.s.) securisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Ellipsaria lineolataWatters et al. (2009)

Unio securis Deshayes, 1832
Deshayes, 1832. Enc. Méth. 2 (Deuxième partie): 578.
Deshayes, 1835. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 550.
(reference to Unio securis Lea, 1829)

Plagiola (s.s.) securisSimpson (1900)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Plagiola (s.s.) securisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (s.s.) lineolatusCall (1900)
Plagiola securisOrtmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910), Ortmann (1912), Utterback (1916)
Unio securisde Gregorio (1914)
Plagiola lineolataVanatta (1915), Ortmann (1918), Ortmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), Frierson (1927), F.C. Baker (1928), Murray & Leonard (1962), Haas (1969), Gordon et al. (1979), Mathiak (1979)
Plagiolopsis securisThiele (1934)
Plagiola depressaHaas (1969)
Crenodonta lineolataMorrison (1969)
Ellipsaria lineolataBurch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Oesch (1984), Turgeon et al. (1988), Cummings & Mayer (1992), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023), Saxon et al. (2023)

 
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