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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) ligamentinus — Simpson (1900) Unio (s.s.) ligamentinus — Call (1900) Lampsilis (Eurynia) ligamentina — Simpson (1914) Lampsilis ligamentinus — Vanatta (1915) Actinonaias carinata — Ortmann & Walker (1922) Actinonaias carinatus — F.C. Baker (1928) Actinonaias carinata carinata — Burch (1975) Actinonaias ligamentina — Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008) Actinonaias ligamentina ligamentina — Watters 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 ligamentina — R.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) ligamentinus — Simpson (1900) Unio (s.s.) ligamentinus — Call (1900) Lampsilis ligamentina — Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909) Nephronaias ligamentina — Ortmann (1912), Utterback (1916) Lampsilis (Eurynia) ligamentina — Simpson (1914) Lampsilis ligamentinus — Vanatta (1915) Actinonaias carinata — Ortmann & Walker (1922), Mathiak (1979) Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata — Frierson (1927) Actinonaias carinatus — F.C. Baker (1928) Unio ligamentinus — Henderson (1935) Actinonaias carinata carinata — Murray & Leonard (1962) Actinonaias ligamentina — R.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 ligamentina — Morrison (1969) — Burch (1975) Actinonaias ligamentina carinata — Oesch (1984) Actinonaias ligamentina ligamentina — Watters et al. (2009) Ortmanniana ligamentina — Pfeiffer et al. (2019), Lor et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Stodola et al. (2021), Layer et al. (2022) Ortmanniana (Actinonaias) ligamentina — Porto-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 ligamentinus — Vanatta (1915) Actinonaias carinata — Ortmann & Walker (1922) Lampsilis (Ligumia) fasciata — Frierson (1927), Haas (1930) Ligumia siliquoidea siliquoidea — Haas (1969) Lampsilis siliquoidea — Vidrine (1993) Actinonaias ligamentina — Parmalee & 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 ligamentina — Parmalee & 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 ligamentina — Parmalee & 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 ligamentina — Parmalee & 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) ligamentinus — Simpson (1900) Lampsilis (Eurynia) ligamentina — Simpson (1914) Actinonaias carinata — Ortmann & 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 carinatus — Ortmann (1925), F.C. Baker (1928) Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata — Frierson (1927), Haas (1969) Lampsilis (sec. Ortmanniana) carinata — Thiele (1934) Actinonaias carinata carinata — Murray & Leonard (1962), Burch (1975), ITIS (2012) Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata carinata — Haas (1969) Ellipsaria ligamentina — Morrison (1969) Actinonaias ligamentina — R.I. Johnson (1980), Vidrine (1993), Strayer & Jirka (1997), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Zieritz et al. (2015) Actinonaias ligamentina carinata — Oesch (1984), Watters et al. (2009) Ortmanniana ligamentina — Graf & 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) ligamentinus — Simpson (1900) Lampsilis (Eurynia) ligamentina — Simpson (1914) Actinonaias carinata — Ortmann & Walker (1922) Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata — Frierson (1927) Actinonaias carinatus — F.C. Baker (1928) Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata carinata — Haas (1969) Actinonaias carinata carinata — Burch (1975) Actinonaias ligamentina — Parmalee & 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) ligamentinus — Simpson (1900) Lampsilis (Eurynia) ligamentina — Simpson (1914) Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata — Frierson (1927) Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata carinata — Haas (1969) Actinonaias ligamentina — Parmalee & 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 ligamentinus — Vanatta (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-calendis — Frierson (1927) Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata calendis — Haas (1969) Actinonaias ligamentina — Parmalee & 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) ligamentinus — Simpson (1900) Lampsilis (Eurynia) ligamentina — Simpson (1914) Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata — Frierson (1927) Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata carinata — Haas (1969) Actinonaias ligamentina — Parmalee & 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) ligamentinus — Simpson (1900) Lampsilis (Eurynia) ligamentina — Simpson (1914) Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata — Frierson (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) callosus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Elliptio (Sphenonaias) callosus — Frierson (1927) Nephronaias (Sphenonaias) mexicana — Haas (1969) Sphenonaias callosa — Graf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2021) Actinonaias ligamentina — Inoue 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) pinguis — Simpson (1900) Lampsilis (Eurynia) ligamentina — Simpson (1914) Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata-pinguis — Frierson (1927) Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata pinguis — Haas (1969) Actinonaias ligamentina — Vidrine (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) ligamentinus — Simpson (1900) Lampsilis (Eurynia) ligamentina — Simpson (1914) Actinonaias ligamentina — Parmalee & 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) ligamentinus — Simpson (1900) Lampsilis (Eurynia) ligamentina — Simpson (1914) Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata — Frierson (1927) Actinonaias ligamentina — Parmalee & Bogan (1998) | |
Unio ligamentinoides Lea, 1868 Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 164.
Unio ligamentinus — Henderson (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) ligamentinus — Simpson (1900) Lampsilis (Eurynia) ligamentina — Simpson (1914) Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata-upsoni — Frierson (1927) Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata upsonii — Haas (1969) Actinonaias ligamentina — Parmalee & 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. gibbus — Simpson (1900) Nephronaias ligamentina — Ortmann (1912) Lampsilis (Eurynia) ligamentina var. gibba — Simpson (1914) Nephronaias ligamentina gibba — Utterback (1916), Ortmann (1918) Actinonaias carinata var. gibba — Ortmann (1924) Actinonaias carinatus gibba — Ortmann (1925) Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata-calendis — Frierson (1927) Actinonaias carinata gibba — Murray & Leonard (1962), Burch (1975), Gordon et al. (1979), ITIS (2012) Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata calendis — Haas (1969) Actinonaias ligamentina — R.I. Johnson (1980), Vidrine (1993), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008) Actinonaias ligamentina ligamentina — Watters 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. nigrescens — Simpson (1914) Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata carinata — Haas (1969) Actinonaias ligamentina — R.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.) sowerbyana — Frierson (1927), Haas (1969) Actinonaias pectorosa — R.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 orbis — Haas (1969) Actinonaias ligamentina — R.I. Johnson (1980), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008) Actinonaias ligamentina carinata — Watters 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) luteola — Simpson (1914) Lampsilis (Eurynia) ligamentina — Simpson (1914) Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata — Frierson (1927) Actinonaias ligamentina — Parmalee & 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) ligamentinus — Simpson (1900) Lampsilis (Eurynia) ligamentina — Simpson (1914) Lampsilis (s.s.) sowerbyana — Frierson (1927), Haas (1969) Actinonaias pectorosa — R.I. Johnson (1980) Actinonaias ligamentina — Parmalee & 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) ligamentinus — Simpson (1900) Lampsilis (Eurynia) ligamentina — Simpson (1914) Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata — Frierson (1927) Venustaconcha ellipsiformis pleasii — Oesch (1984) Actinonaias ligamentina — Parmalee & 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) fasciata — Haas (1930) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) ligamentinus — Simpson (1900) Unio (s.s.) ligamentinus — Call (1900) — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Vanatta (1915), Burch (1975) Unio (sec. Elliptio) callosus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) pinguis — Simpson (1900) Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) ligamentinus var. gibbus — Simpson (1900) Lampsilis ligamentina — Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909) Nephronaias ligamentina — Ortmann (1912), Utterback (1916) Lampsilis (Eurynia) ligamentina — Simpson (1914) Lampsilis (Eurynia) luteola — Simpson (1914) Lampsilis (Eurynia) ligamentina var. gibba — Simpson (1914) Lampsilis (Eurynia) ligamentina var. nigrescens — Simpson (1914) Lampsilis ligamentinus — Vanatta (1915) Nephronaias ligamentina gibba — Utterback (1916), Ortmann (1918) Actinonaias carinata — Ortmann & 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. gibba — Ortmann (1924) Actinonaias carinatus — Ortmann (1925), F.C. Baker (1928) Actinonaias carinatus gibba — Ortmann (1925) Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata — Frierson (1927), Haas (1969) Lampsilis (Ligumia) fasciata — Frierson (1927), Haas (1930) Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata-calendis — Frierson (1927) Elliptio (Sphenonaias) callosus — Frierson (1927) Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata-pinguis — Frierson (1927) Lampsilis (s.s.) sowerbyana — Frierson (1927), Haas (1969) Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata-upsoni — Frierson (1927) Lampsilis (sec. Ortmanniana) carinata — Thiele (1934) Unio ligamentinus — Henderson (1935) Actinonaias carinata carinata — Murray & Leonard (1962), Burch (1975), ITIS (2012) Actinonaias carinata gibba — Murray & Leonard (1962), Burch (1975), Gordon et al. (1979), ITIS (2012) Actinonaias ligamentina — R.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 ligamentina — Morrison (1969) Ligumia siliquoidea siliquoidea — Haas (1969) Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata carinata — Haas (1969) Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata calendis — Haas (1969) Nephronaias (Sphenonaias) mexicana — Haas (1969) Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata pinguis — Haas (1969) Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata upsonii — Haas (1969) Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata orbis — Haas (1969) Actinonaias pectorosa — R.I. Johnson (1980) Actinonaias ligamentina carinata — Oesch (1984), Watters et al. (2009) Venustaconcha ellipsiformis pleasii — Oesch (1984) Lampsilis siliquoidea — Vidrine (1993) Sphenonaias callosa — Graf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2021) Actinonaias ligamentina ligamentina — Watters et al. (2009) Ortmanniana ligamentina — Pfeiffer et al. (2019), Lor et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Stodola et al. (2021), Layer et al. (2022) Ortmanniana (Actinonaias) ligamentina — Porto-Hannes et al. (2021)
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