MUSSELpdb | nomainal sp. Obovaria obovalis Rafinesque, 1820

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nominal species Obovaria obovalis Rafinesque, 1820

Rafinesque, 1818. Amer. Mon. Mag. 3: 355 [as ‘Potamilus obovalis’]. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1819. Jour. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. 88: 426 [as ‘U. (Obovaria) obovalis’]. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 311 [also as ‘Unio obovalis’].
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 23, 29, 54.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_20244, Ohio River.

= Reginaia ebenus

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Fusconaia ebena (Lea, 1831) — He & Zhuang, 2013

+ Fusconaia ebena (Lea, 1831) — Watters et al., 2009

+ Fusconaia ebena (Lea, 1831) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Fusconaia ebena (Lea, 1831) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Fusconaia ebena (Lea, 1831) — Oesch, 1984

= Obovaria obovalis Rafinesque, 1820 — Burch, 1975

+ Fusconaia antrosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Haas, 1969

+ Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) antrosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Frierson, 1927

+ Fusconaia ebenus (Lea, 1831) — Ortmann & Walker, 1922

= Quadrula obovalis Raf. — Vanatta, 1915

+ — Simpson, 1914

+ — Simpson, 1900

+ — Lea, 1870

= Unio obovalis Raf. — Conrad, 1853

= Pleurobema obovalis — Agassiz, 1852

+ — Lea, 1852

+ — Lea, 1836

+ Unio obliqua Lam. — Ferussac, 1835

= Obovaria obovalis — Rafinesque, 1820

= Unio (Obovaria) obovalis — Rafinesque, 1819

= Potamilus obovalis — Rafinesque, 1818

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