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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Ortmanniana

species Ortmanniana ligamentina (Lamarck, 1819): synonymy
     11 specimens + 3 Genbank vouchers

Unio crassus Say, 1817
Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 150, fig. 5.
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 249, fig. 1 [as Unio sp.].
‘LeSueur’ Say, 1817. Nich. Encyc. 2: [11], pl. 1, fig. 8.
‘LeSueur’ Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [16], pl. 1, fig. 8.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 49.
(homonym of Unio crassus Retzius, 1788)

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) ligamentinusSimpson (1900)
Unio (s.s.) ligamentinusCall (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) ligamentinaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis ligamentinusVanatta (1915)
Actinonaias carinataOrtmann & Walker (1922)
Actinonaias carinatusF.C. Baker (1928)
Actinonaias carinata carinataBurch (1975)
Actinonaias ligamentinaParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Actinonaias ligamentina ligamentinaWatters et al. (2009)

Unio crassidens Lamarck, 1819
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 71, sp. 3, var. c. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Unio crassidens Lamarck, 1819)

Actinonaias ligamentinaR.I. Johnson (1969)

Unio ligamentina Lamarck, 1819
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 72, sp. 7.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MPL_0039, rapporte de l’Ohio.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) ligamentinusSimpson (1900)
Unio (s.s.) ligamentinusCall (1900)
Lampsilis ligamentinaOrtmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909)
Nephronaias ligamentinaOrtmann (1912), Utterback (1916)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) ligamentinaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis ligamentinusVanatta (1915)
Actinonaias carinataOrtmann & Walker (1922), Mathiak (1979)
Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinataFrierson (1927)
Actinonaias carinatusF.C. Baker (1928)
Unio ligamentinusHenderson (1935)
Actinonaias carinata carinataMurray & Leonard (1962)
Actinonaias ligamentinaR.I. Johnson (1969), R.I. Johnson (1980), Turgeon et al. (1988), Cummings & Mayer (1992), Williams et al. (1993), ... Gasparini et al. (2020), FMCS (2021), Walters et al. (2021), Jeratthitikul et al. (2022), Hopper et al. (2023)
Ellipsaria ligamentinaMorrison (1969)
Burch (1975)
Actinonaias ligamentina carinataOesch (1984)
Actinonaias ligamentina ligamentinaWatters et al. (2009)
Ortmanniana ligamentinaPfeiffer et al. (2019), Lor et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Stodola et al. (2021), Layer et al. (2022)
Ortmanniana (Actinonaias) ligamentinaPorto-Hannes et al. (2021)

Unio (Elliptio) fasciata Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1818. Amer. Mon. Mag. 3: 355 [as ‘Potamilus fasciatus’]. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 294.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 22, 40.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_20222, Kentucky River.

Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Burch (1975)
Lampsilis ligamentinusVanatta (1915)
Actinonaias carinataOrtmann & Walker (1922)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) fasciataFrierson (1927), Haas (1930)
Ligumia siliquoidea siliquoideaHaas (1969)
Lampsilis siliquoideaVidrine (1993)
Actinonaias ligamentinaParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)

Unio (Elliptio) fasciata var. alternata Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 294.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 40.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio (Elliptio) fasciata Rafinesque, 1820)

Vanatta (1915)
Actinonaias ligamentinaParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)

Unio (Elliptio) fasciata var. cuprea Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 294.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 40.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio (Elliptio) fasciata Rafinesque, 1820)

Actinonaias ligamentinaParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)

Unio (Elliptio) fasciata var. nigrofasciata Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 294.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 40.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio (Elliptio) fasciata Rafinesque, 1820)

Vanatta (1915)
Actinonaias ligamentinaParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)

Unio carinatus Barnes, 1823
Barnes, 1823. Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 259, pl. 11, figs. 10a-b.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) ligamentinusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) ligamentinaSimpson (1914)
Actinonaias carinataOrtmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1924), Gordon et al. (1979), Mathiak (1979), Davis & Fuller (1981), Graf & Ó Foighil (2000), Graf & Cummings (2006), Jadhav & Jamkhedkar (2009), Hoeh et al. (2009)
Actinonaias carinatusOrtmann (1925), F.C. Baker (1928)
Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinataFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Lampsilis (sec. Ortmanniana) carinataThiele (1934)
Actinonaias carinata carinataMurray & Leonard (1962), Burch (1975), ITIS (2012)
Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata carinataHaas (1969)
Ellipsaria ligamentinaMorrison (1969)
Actinonaias ligamentinaR.I. Johnson (1980), Vidrine (1993), Strayer & Jirka (1997), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Zieritz et al. (2015)
Actinonaias ligamentina carinataOesch (1984), Watters et al. (2009)
Ortmanniana ligamentinaGraf & Cummings (2021)

Unio ellipticus Barnes, 1823
Barnes, 1823. Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 259, pl. 13, figs. 19a-d.
(homonym of Unio (Aximedia) elliptica Rafinesque, 1820)

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) ligamentinusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) ligamentinaSimpson (1914)
Actinonaias carinataOrtmann & Walker (1922)
Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinataFrierson (1927)
Actinonaias carinatusF.C. Baker (1928)
Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata carinataHaas (1969)
Actinonaias carinata carinataBurch (1975)
Actinonaias ligamentinaParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)

Mya gravis Wood, 1828
Wood, 1828. Suppl. Index Testac.: 3, pl. 1, sp. 6.
Hanley in Wood & Hanley, 1856. Index Testac.: 199, pl. 1, fig. 6.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) ligamentinusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) ligamentinaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinataFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata carinataHaas (1969)
Actinonaias ligamentinaParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)

Obliquaria pallens Rafinesque, 1831
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 3.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 76.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_20240, [no locality available - North America].

Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Burch (1975)
Lampsilis ligamentinusVanatta (1915)

Obliquaria (Sintoxia) calendis Rafinesque, 1831
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 3.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 75.

Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Burch (1975)
Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata-calendisFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata calendisHaas (1969)
Actinonaias ligamentinaParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)

Unio ellipsarius Say, 1834
‘Rafinesque’ Say, 1834. Amer. Conch. 6: 224.
(misidentified reference to Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) ellipsaria Rafinesque, 1820)

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) ligamentinusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) ligamentinaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinataFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata carinataHaas (1969)
Actinonaias ligamentinaParmalee & Bogan (1998)

Unio fasciatus Conrad, 1835
‘Raf.’ Conrad, 1835. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(1): 3, pl. 1.
‘Raf.’ Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 249.
(reference to Unio (Elliptio) fasciata Rafinesque, 1820)

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) ligamentinusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) ligamentinaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinataFrierson (1927)

Unio callosus Lea, 1841
Lea, 1841. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 2: 31.
Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 239 [77], pl. 23, fig. 54.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE AMNH_30561, Ohio Canal, 12 mi below Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio.

Unio (sec. Elliptio) callosusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (Sphenonaias) callosusFrierson (1927)
Nephronaias (Sphenonaias) mexicanaHaas (1969)
Sphenonaias callosaGraf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Actinonaias ligamentinaInoue et al. (2020)

Unio pinguis Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 84.
Lea, 1858. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 6]: 78, pl. 15, fig. 58.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85008, St. Peters River, Upper Mississippi.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) pinguisSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) ligamentinaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata-pinguisFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata pinguisHaas (1969)
Actinonaias ligamentinaVidrine (1993), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)

Unio delodontus Sowerby, 1867
‘Lamarck’ Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 57, sp. 288.
(misidentified reference to Unio delodonta Lamarck, 1819)

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) ligamentinusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) ligamentinaSimpson (1914)
Actinonaias ligamentinaParmalee & Bogan (1998)

Unio crassidens Sowerby, 1868
‘Lamarck’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 62, sp. 312.
(reference to Unio crassidens Lamarck, 1819)

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) ligamentinusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) ligamentinaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinataFrierson (1927)
Actinonaias ligamentinaParmalee & Bogan (1998)

Unio ligamentinoides Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 164.

Unio ligamentinusHenderson (1935)

Unio upsonii Marsh, 1887
Marsh, 1887. Conch. Exchange 1(9-10): 51.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MCZ_5551, Kishwaukee River, Winnebago Co., Illinois.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) ligamentinusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) ligamentinaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata-upsoniFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata upsoniiHaas (1969)
Actinonaias ligamentinaParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) ligamentina var. gibbus Simpson, 1900
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 540.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 82.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio ligamentina Lamarck, 1819)
Type(s): SYNTYPE USNM_160597, Black Rock, Arkansas.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) ligamentinus var. gibbusSimpson (1900)
Nephronaias ligamentinaOrtmann (1912)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) ligamentina var. gibbaSimpson (1914)
Nephronaias ligamentina gibbaUtterback (1916), Ortmann (1918)
Actinonaias carinata var. gibbaOrtmann (1924)
Actinonaias carinatus gibbaOrtmann (1925)
Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata-calendisFrierson (1927)
Actinonaias carinata gibbaMurray & Leonard (1962), Burch (1975), Gordon et al. (1979), ITIS (2012)
Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata calendisHaas (1969)
Actinonaias ligamentinaR.I. Johnson (1980), Vidrine (1993), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Actinonaias ligamentina ligamentinaWatters et al. (2009)

Lampsilis (Eurynia) ligamentina var. nigrescens Simpson, 1914
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 82.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio ligamentina Lamarck, 1819)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_150410 (by R.I. Johnson, 1975: 15), Kankakee R., Ill.

Lampsilis (Eurynia) ligamentina var. nigrescensSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata carinataHaas (1969)
Actinonaias ligamentinaR.I. Johnson (1980), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)

Lampsilis (s.s.) sowerbyana Frierson, 1927
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 63, sp. 316 [as ‘Unio pictus’].
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 69, sp. 308.

Lampsilis (s.s.) sowerbyanaFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Actinonaias pectorosaR.I. Johnson (1980)

Actinonaias carinata orbis Morrison, 1942
Morrison, 1942. Bulletin Bur. Amer. Ethnol. 129: 361.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio carinatus Barnes, 1823)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84998, Florence, Alabama.

Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata orbisHaas (1969)
Actinonaias ligamentinaR.I. Johnson (1980), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Actinonaias ligamentina carinataWatters et al. (2009)

Unio cariosus Wood, 1828
Wood, 1828. Suppl. Index Testac.: 57, pl. 1, sp. 6.
(misidentified reference to Unio cariosus Say, 1817)

Unio luteolus Sowerby, 1867
‘Lamarck’ Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 58, fig. 293a. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Unio luteola Lamarck, 1819)

Lampsilis (Eurynia) luteolaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) ligamentinaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinataFrierson (1927)
Actinonaias ligamentinaParmalee & Bogan (1998)

Unio pictus Sowerby, 1868
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 63, sp. 316.
(misidentified reference to Unio pictus Lea, 1834)

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) ligamentinusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) ligamentinaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (s.s.) sowerbyanaFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Actinonaias pectorosaR.I. Johnson (1980)
Actinonaias ligamentinaParmalee & Bogan (1998)

Unio venustus Sowerby, 1868
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 64, sp. 326.
(misidentified reference to Unio venustus Lea, 1838)

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) ligamentinusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) ligamentinaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinataFrierson (1927)
Venustaconcha ellipsiformis pleasiiOesch (1984)
Actinonaias ligamentinaParmalee & Bogan (1998)

Unio elypticus Haas, 1930
‘Say’ Haas, 1930. Senckenbergiana 12(6): 328. [MS]
(intro'd as syn of Unio (Elliptio) fasciata Rafinesque, 1820)

Lampsilis (Ligumia) fasciataHaas (1930)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) ligamentinusSimpson (1900)
Unio (s.s.) ligamentinusCall (1900)
Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Vanatta (1915), Burch (1975)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) callosusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) pinguisSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) ligamentinus var. gibbusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis ligamentinaOrtmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909)
Nephronaias ligamentinaOrtmann (1912), Utterback (1916)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) ligamentinaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) luteolaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) ligamentina var. gibbaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) ligamentina var. nigrescensSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis ligamentinusVanatta (1915)
Nephronaias ligamentina gibbaUtterback (1916), Ortmann (1918)
Actinonaias carinataOrtmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1924), Mathiak (1979), Gordon et al. (1979), Davis & Fuller (1981), Graf & Ó Foighil (2000), Graf & Cummings (2006), Jadhav & Jamkhedkar (2009), Hoeh et al. (2009)
Actinonaias carinata var. gibbaOrtmann (1924)
Actinonaias carinatusOrtmann (1925), F.C. Baker (1928)
Actinonaias carinatus gibbaOrtmann (1925)
Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinataFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Lampsilis (Ligumia) fasciataFrierson (1927), Haas (1930)
Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata-calendisFrierson (1927)
Elliptio (Sphenonaias) callosusFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata-pinguisFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (s.s.) sowerbyanaFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata-upsoniFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (sec. Ortmanniana) carinataThiele (1934)
Unio ligamentinusHenderson (1935)
Actinonaias carinata carinataMurray & Leonard (1962), Burch (1975), ITIS (2012)
Actinonaias carinata gibbaMurray & Leonard (1962), Burch (1975), Gordon et al. (1979), ITIS (2012)
Actinonaias ligamentinaR.I. Johnson (1969), R.I. Johnson (1980), Turgeon et al. (1988), Cummings & Mayer (1992), Williams et al. (1993), ... Gasparini et al. (2020), FMCS (2021), Walters et al. (2021), Jeratthitikul et al. (2022), Hopper et al. (2023)
Ellipsaria ligamentinaMorrison (1969)
Ligumia siliquoidea siliquoideaHaas (1969)
Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata carinataHaas (1969)
Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata calendisHaas (1969)
Nephronaias (Sphenonaias) mexicanaHaas (1969)
Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata pinguisHaas (1969)
Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata upsoniiHaas (1969)
Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata orbisHaas (1969)
Actinonaias pectorosaR.I. Johnson (1980)
Actinonaias ligamentina carinataOesch (1984), Watters et al. (2009)
Venustaconcha ellipsiformis pleasiiOesch (1984)
Lampsilis siliquoideaVidrine (1993)
Sphenonaias callosaGraf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Actinonaias ligamentina ligamentinaWatters et al. (2009)
Ortmanniana ligamentinaPfeiffer et al. (2019), Lor et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Stodola et al. (2021), Layer et al. (2022)
Ortmanniana (Actinonaias) ligamentinaPorto-Hannes et al. (2021)

 
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