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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Fusconaia

species Fusconaia cor (Conrad, 1834): synonymy
     5 specimens

Unio cor Conrad, 1834
Conrad, 1834. New Fresh-Water Shells: 28, pl. 3, fig. 3.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 247.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE MCZ_178792, Elk and Flint Rivers, Alabama.

Pleurobema (s.s.) corSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
de Gregorio (1914), Ortmann (1925)
Fusconaia corOrtmann (1918), Ortmann & Walker (1922), Burch (1975), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), ... Klymus et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) corFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)

Unio edgarianus Lea, 1840
Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 288.
Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 214 [52], pl. 15, fig. 30.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84685, Tenn R., Florence, Ala.

Pleurobema (s.s.) edgarianusSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) edgarianumSimpson (1914)
Unio edgarianusde Gregorio (1914)
Fusconaia corOrtmann (1918), Ortmann & Walker (1922), Burch (1975), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), IUCN (2012)
Fusconaia edgarianaOrtmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), R.I. Johnson (1980), ITIS (2012)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) corFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Fusconaia edgarianusStansbery (1970)

Unio edgarianus Reeve, 1864
‘Lea’ Reeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 15, sp. 65.
(reference to Unio edgarianus Lea, 1840)

Pleurobema (s.s.) edgarianusSimpson (1900)
Fusconaia cor analogaOrtmann (1918)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) analogia [sic]Frierson (1927)

Unio obuncus Lea, 1871
Lea, 1871. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 23: 192.
Lea, 1874. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 9 [13], pl. 2, fig. 5.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_84698, Holston R., E. Tenn.

Pleurobema (s.s.) edgarianusSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) edgarianumSimpson (1914)
Fusconaia corOrtmann (1918), Ortmann & Walker (1922), Burch (1975), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) corFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)

Unio andersonensis Lea, 1872
Lea, 1872. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 24: 155.
Lea, 1874. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 36 [40], pl. 12, fig. 33.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_84691, Holston R., E Tenn.

Pleurobema (s.s.) edgarianusSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) edgarianumSimpson (1914)
de Gregorio (1914)
Fusconaia corOrtmann (1918), Ortmann & Walker (1922), Burch (1975), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) corFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)

Fusconaia cor var. analoga Ortmann, 1918
‘Lea’ Reeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 15, sp. 65 [as ‘Unio edgarianus’].
Ortmann, 1918. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 57(6): 533.
Ortmann, 1924. Amer. Midl. Nat. 9(1): 43.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio cor Conrad, 1834)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE CM_61.6326, Clinch River, Speer’s Ferry, Scott Co., Virginia.

Fusconaia cor analogaOrtmann (1918)
Fusconaia edgariana analogaOrtmann (1924), Ortmann (1925)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) analogia [sic]Frierson (1927)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) analogaHaas (1969)
Fusconaia corBurch (1975), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Fusconaia edgarianaR.I. Johnson (1980)

Quadrula (Pleuronaia) analogia Frierson, 1927
‘Ortmann’ Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 60, sp. 261.
(error for Fusconaia cor var. analoga Ortmann, 1918)

Fusconaia corParmalee & Bogan (1998)

Unio andorsonensis de Gregorio, 1914
‘Lea’ de Gregorio, 1914. Il Nat. Siciliano 2: 50.
(error for Unio andersonensis Lea, 1872)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Pleurobema (s.s.) corSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Pleurobema (s.s.) edgarianusSimpson (1900)
de Gregorio (1914), Ortmann (1925)
Pleurobema (s.s.) edgarianumSimpson (1914)
Unio edgarianusde Gregorio (1914)
Fusconaia corOrtmann (1918), Ortmann & Walker (1922), Burch (1975), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), ... Klymus et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023)
Fusconaia cor analogaOrtmann (1918)
Fusconaia edgarianaOrtmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), R.I. Johnson (1980), ITIS (2012)
Fusconaia edgariana analogaOrtmann (1924), Ortmann (1925)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) corFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) analogia [sic]Frierson (1927)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) analogaHaas (1969)
Fusconaia edgarianusStansbery (1970)

 
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