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

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species Cyclonaias tuberculata (Rafinesque, 1820): synonymy
     7 specimens + 6 Genbank vouchers

Obliquaria (Rotundaria) tuberculata Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1818. Amer. Mon. Mag. 3: 355 [as ‘Potamilus tubercularis’]. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 308 [also as ‘U. tuberculata’].
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 23, 52.
(correct name for Potamilus tubercularis Rafinesque, 1818)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_20215, Ohio River.

Quadrula (Rotundaria) tuberculataSimpson (1900), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910), Simpson (1914)
Quadrula tuberculataOrtmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Vanatta (1915)
Rotundaria tuberculataOrtmann (1910), Ortmann (1912), Utterback (1915), Ortmann (1918), Thiele (1934), Campbell & Lydeard (2012), Campbell & Lydeard (2012)
Cyclonaias tuberculataOrtmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), F.C. Baker (1928), Haas (1969), ... FMCS (2021), Neemuchwala et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023), Keogh et al. (2024)
Quadrula (Cyclonaias) tuberculataFrierson (1927), Haas (1930)
Cyclonaias tuberculata tuberculataHaas (1969)
Cyclonaias tuberculate [sic]Gasparini et al. (2020)

Unio verrucosus Barnes, 1823
Barnes, 1823. Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 123, pl. 5, figs. 6a-b.

Quadrula (Rotundaria) tuberculataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (s.s.) verrucosusCall (1900)
Unio verrucosusde Gregorio (1914)
Rotundaria tuberculataUtterback (1915)
Quadrula (Cyclonaias) tuberculataFrierson (1927)
Cyclonaias tuberculataF.C. Baker (1928), Oesch (1984), Strayer & Jirka (1997), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), Lopes-Lima et al. (2019)
Cyclonaias tuberculata tuberculataHaas (1969)

Unio tuberculosus Valenciennes, 1827
Valenciennes, 1827. Receuil Observ. Zool. 2(11-12): 232.
(error for Obliquaria (Rotundaria) tuberculata Rafinesque, 1820)

Quadrula (Rotundaria) tuberculataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Quadrula (Cyclonaias) tuberculataFrierson (1927)
Cyclonaias tuberculata tuberculataHaas (1969)
Cyclonaias tuberculataParmalee & Bogan (1998), Watters et al. (2009)

Unio verrucosus purpureus Hildreth, 1828
Hildreth, 1828. Amer. J. Sci. 14: 281.
(homonym of Unio purpureus Say, 1817; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio verrucosus Barnes, 1823)

Quadrula (Rotundaria) tuberculataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Cyclonaias tuberculataParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), Lopes-Lima et al. (2019)

Unio graniferus Lea, 1838
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: addenda. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 69, pl. 19, fig. 60.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84296, Tuscumbia, Ala.

Quadrula (Rotundaria) graniferaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (s.s.) graniferusCall (1900)
Rotundaria graniferaUtterback (1915)
Cyclonaias tuberculata graniferaOrtmann (1925), F.C. Baker (1928), Haas (1969)
Quadrula (Cyclonaias) tuberculata-graniferaFrierson (1927)
Cyclonaias tuberculataR.I. Johnson (1980), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), Lopes-Lima et al. (2019)

Quadrula (sec. Rotundaria) granifera var. pusilla Simpson, 1900
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 795.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 906.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio graniferus Lea, 1838)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE MCZ_20176 (by R.I. Johnson, 1956: 131), Green River, Kentucky.

Quadrula (Rotundaria) granifera var. pusillaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Quadrula (Cyclonaias) tuberculata-pusillaFrierson (1927)
Cyclonaias tuberculata pusillaHaas (1969)
Cyclonaias tuberculataR.I. Johnson (1980), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), Lopes-Lima et al. (2019)

Quadrula (Cyclonaias) tuberculata utterbackiana Frierson, 1927
‘Lea’ Utterback, 1915. Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(5): 183, pl. 20, fig. 57a-b [as ‘Plethobasus cooperianus’].
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 52, sp. 224c.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Obliquaria (Rotundaria) tuberculata Rafinesque, 1820)

Quadrula (Cyclonaias) tuberculata-utterbackianaFrierson (1927)
Cyclonaias tuberculata utterbackianaHaas (1969)
Cyclonaias tuberculataR.I. Johnson (1980), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), Lopes-Lima et al. (2019)

Cyclonaias tuberculata compressa F.C. Baker, 1928
F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 107, pl. 75, figs. 1-2.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Obliquaria (Rotundaria) tuberculata Rafinesque, 1820)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) INHS_82236, Big Vermilion River, 0.5 mi below junction with Middle Fork, [Vermilion Co.], Illinois.

Cyclonaias tuberculata compressaF.C. Baker (1928)

Potamilus tubercularis Rafinesque, 1818
Rafinesque, 1818. Amer. Mon. Mag. 3: 355. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 23.
(incorrect original spelling of Obliquaria (Rotundaria) tuberculata Rafinesque, 1820)

Plethobasus cooperianus Utterback, 1915
‘Lea’ Utterback, 1915. Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(5): 183, pl. 20, fig. 57a-b.
(misidentified reference to Unio cooperianus Lea, 1834)

Quadrula (Cyclonaias) tuberculata-utterbackianaFrierson (1927)
Cyclonaias tuberculata utterbackianaHaas (1969)
Cyclonaias tuberculataParmalee & Bogan (1998), Watters et al. (2009)

Cylonaias tuberculate Gasparini et al., 2020
Gasparini et al., 2020. Environmental DNA 2(3): Table S1.
(error for Obliquaria (Rotundaria) tuberculata Rafinesque, 1820)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Quadrula (Rotundaria) tuberculataSimpson (1900), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910), Simpson (1914)
Unio (s.s.) verrucosusCall (1900)
Quadrula (Rotundaria) graniferaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (s.s.) graniferusCall (1900)
Quadrula (Rotundaria) granifera var. pusillaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Quadrula tuberculataOrtmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Vanatta (1915)
Rotundaria tuberculataOrtmann (1910), Ortmann (1912), Utterback (1915), Ortmann (1918), Thiele (1934), Campbell & Lydeard (2012), Campbell & Lydeard (2012)
Unio verrucosusde Gregorio (1914)
Rotundaria graniferaUtterback (1915)
Cyclonaias tuberculataOrtmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), F.C. Baker (1928), Haas (1969), ... FMCS (2021), Neemuchwala et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023), Keogh et al. (2024)
Cyclonaias tuberculata graniferaOrtmann (1925), F.C. Baker (1928), Haas (1969)
Quadrula (Cyclonaias) tuberculataFrierson (1927), Haas (1930)
Quadrula (Cyclonaias) tuberculata-graniferaFrierson (1927)
Quadrula (Cyclonaias) tuberculata-pusillaFrierson (1927)
Quadrula (Cyclonaias) tuberculata-utterbackianaFrierson (1927)
Cyclonaias tuberculata compressaF.C. Baker (1928)
Cyclonaias tuberculata tuberculataHaas (1969)
Cyclonaias tuberculata pusillaHaas (1969)
Cyclonaias tuberculata utterbackianaHaas (1969)
Cyclonaias tuberculate [sic]Gasparini et al. (2020)

 
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