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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Obovaria species Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819): synonymy
3 specimens + 1 Genbank voucher Unio obtusa Cuvier, 1817
‘Desh.’ Cuvier, 1817. Règne Animal 2: pl. 92, pl. 1. | |
Unio retusa Lamarck, 1819
 Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 72, sp. 9.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MPL_0043, Habite les rivières de la Nouvelle Ecosse. A. Michaud. [Lives in the rivers of Nova Scotia. A. Michaud."].
Obovaria (s.s.) retusa — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1918), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), Frierson (1927), Haas (1930), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Unio (s.s.) retusus — Call (1900)
Obovaria retusa — Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910), Ortmann (1912), Vanatta (1915), ... Williams et al. (2017), Watters (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023) | |
Obovaria torsa Rafinesque, 1820
 Rafinesque, 1819. Jour. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. 88: 427 [as ‘U. (Obovaria) torsa’]. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 311, pl. 82, figs. 1-3 [also as ‘Unio torsa’].
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 29, 54.
Type(s): NEOTYPE ANSP_20256, Kentucky River.
Obovaria torsa — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
— de Gregorio (1914)
Obovaria retusa — Vanatta (1915), Ortmann & Walker (1922), Burch (1975), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)
Obovaria (s.s.) retusa — Frierson (1927), Haas (1969) | |
Obovaria torsa var. marginata Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 311.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 54.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Obovaria torsa Rafinesque, 1820)
— Vanatta (1915) | |
Unio incurvis Say, 1829
Say, 1829. New Harm. Dissem. 2(19): 293.
Obovaria (s.s.) retusa — Frierson (1927), Haas (1969) | |
Unio torsus Potiez & Michaud, 1844
‘Rafinesque’ Potiez & Michaud, 1844. Galérie Moll. at. Mus. Douai 2: 149, pl. 57, figs. 1-2.
(reference to Obovaria torsa Rafinesque, 1820)
Obovaria (s.s.) retusa — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Obovaria retusa — Watters et al. (2009) | |
Unio cordatus Küster, 1852
 ‘Rafinesque’ Küster, 1852. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 57, pl. 13, fig. 1.
(misidentified reference to Obovaria cordata Rafinesque, 1820)
Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) obliqua — Simpson (1900) | |
Unio jorsus de Gregorio, 1914
‘Rafinesque’ de Gregorio, 1914. Il Nat. Siciliano 2: 43, 56.
(error for Obovaria torsa Rafinesque, 1820) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Obovaria (s.s.) retusa — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1918), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), Frierson (1927), Haas (1930), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Unio (s.s.) retusus — Call (1900)
Obovaria torsa — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) obliqua — Simpson (1900)
Obovaria retusa — Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910), Ortmann (1912), Vanatta (1915), ... Williams et al. (2017), Watters (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)
— de Gregorio (1914), Vanatta (1915)
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