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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Glebula

species Glebula rotundata (Lamarck, 1819): synonymy
     4 specimens + 5 Genbank vouchers

Unio rotundata Lamarck, 1819
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 75, sp. 24.
Type(s): UNKNOWN USNM_85760, Louisiana.

Glebula rotundataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Thiele (1934), Clench & Turner (1956), Haas (1969), ... Inoue et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), Freeman et al. (2025)
Glebula suborbiculataFrierson (1927)
G. rotundataMarshall et al. (2018)

Unio suborbiculata Lamarck, 1819
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 81, sp. 48.
Type(s): UNKNOWN MNHN_MPL_0034, “Habite... les eaux douces des climats chauds? Cabinet de MM. Daudebard et Faujas.” Lives in fresh water in hot climates? Office of Messrs. Daudebard and Faujas." .

Glebula rotundataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Clench & Turner (1956), Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1969), Burch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Vidrine (1993), Howells et al. (1996), Brim Box & Williams (2000), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)
Glebula suborbiculataFrierson (1927)

Obliquaria (Plagiola) decorticata Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 302 [also as ‘U. decorticata’].
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 46.

Vanatta (1915)
Glebula suborbiculataFrierson (1927)

Unio glebulus Say, 1831
Say, 1831. Transylvania J. Med. Assoc. Sci. 4: 526.
Say, 1832. Amer. Conch. 4: 34.

Glebula rotundataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Clench & Turner (1956), Haas (1969), Burch (1975), Howells et al. (1996), Brim Box & Williams (2000), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)
Glebula suborbiculataFrierson (1927)

Unio subglobosus Lea, 1834
Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 30, pl. 2, fig. 3.

Glebula rotundataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Clench & Turner (1956), Haas (1969), Burch (1975), Howells et al. (1996), Brim Box & Williams (2000), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)
Glebula suborbiculataFrierson (1927)

Unio globulus Ferussac, 1835
‘Say’ of Authors.
Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5: 26.
Reeve, 1865. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 23, sp. 106.
(error for Unio glebulus Say, 1831)

Unio grandensis Conrad, 1855
Conrad, 1855. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 7: 256.

Glebula rotundataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Clench & Turner (1956), Haas (1969), Burch (1975), Brim Box & Williams (2000), Watters et al. (2009)
Glebula suborbiculataFrierson (1927)
Cyrtonaias tampicoensisR.I. Johnson (1999)

Unio granadensis Simpson, 1900
‘Conrad’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 598.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 289 [corrected in corrigenda].
Morrison, 1943. Nautilus 57: 15.
(error for Unio grandensis Conrad, 1855)

Glebula rotundataClench & Turner (1956), Haas (1969), Burch (1975)

Quadrula (Quincuncina) vittata Frierson, 1927
‘Lamarck’ Reeve, 1865. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 23, sp. 106 [as ‘Unio rotundatus’].
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 50, sp. 218.

Quadrula (Quincuncina) vittataFrierson (1927)
Quincuncina vittataHaas (1969)

Unio rotundatus Reeve, 1865
‘Lamarck’ Reeve, 1865. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 23, sp. 106.
(reference to Unio rotundata Lamarck, 1819)

Glebula rotundataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Quadrula (Quincuncina) vittataFrierson (1927)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Glebula rotundataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Thiele (1934), Clench & Turner (1956), Haas (1969), ... Inoue et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), Freeman et al. (2025)
Vanatta (1915)
Glebula suborbiculataFrierson (1927)
Quadrula (Quincuncina) vittataFrierson (1927)
Quincuncina vittataHaas (1969)
Cyrtonaias tampicoensisR.I. Johnson (1999)
G. rotundataMarshall et al. (2018)

 
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