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

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Publication Ortmann (1909): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Ortmann, A.E. 1909. A preliminary list of the Unionidae of western Pennsylvania, with new localities for species from eastern Pennsylvania. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 5: 178-210. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Amygdalonajas Ortmann, 1909
Ortmann, 1909. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 5: 192.
Ortmann, 1912. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 8: 327.
Ortmann, 1914. Nautilus 28(6): 67.
(error for Amygdalonaias Fischer & Crosse, 1894)

Pterosygna Simpson, 1900
‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 665.
Ortmann, 1909. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 5: 196.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 490.
Ortmann, 1914. Nautilus 28(4): 43.
Walker, 1918. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (49): 2.
F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 147.
Haas, 1930. Senckenbergiana 12(6): 326.
(error for Pterosyna Rafinesque, 1831)

Rotundaria Agassiz, 1852
‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Agassiz, 1852. Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 48.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 765.
Ortmann, 1909. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 5: 201.
Ortmann, 1910. Nautilus 23(11): 140.
Ortmann, 1912. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 8: 257.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 811.
Utterback, 1915. Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(4): 149.
Ortmann, 1918. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 57(6): 543.
Haas, 1929. Senckenbergiana 11: 333.
Haas, 1930. Senckenbergiana 12(6): 319.
(reference to Rotundaria Rafinesque, 1820)
Type species: Obliquaria (Rotundaria) tuberculata Rafinesque, 1820 = Cyclonaias tuberculata

Attributed Nominal Species

Quadrula lachrymosa Swainson, 1840
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 378.
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 177.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 256.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 497.
Reeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 9, sp. 33.
Call, 1895. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 7: 21.
F.C. Baker, 1898. Bull. Chicago Acad. Sci. 3(1): 83, pl. 25, fig. 1; pl. 12, fig. 2.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 776.
Call, 1900. Ind. Dept. Geol. Nat. Res. (1899): 489.
Ortmann, 1909. Nautilus 22(10): 100.
Ortmann, 1909. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 5: 199.
Ortmann, 1910. Nautilus 23(11): 140.
Ortmann, 1910. Nautilus 23: 116.
Ortmann, 1912. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 8: 253.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 839, 841.
Vanatta, 1915. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 67: 556.
Ortmann & Walker, 1922. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (112): 14, 16.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 47.
F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 84.
R.I. Johnson, 1980. Bull. MCZ 149(2): 90.
Vidrine, 1993. Histr. Distr. Freshw. Mussels LA: 53.
Strayer & Jirka, 1997. Pearly Mussels NY (26): 98.
(error for Unio lacrymosus Lea, 1828)

Quadrula tritogonia Ortmann, 1909
Ortmann, 1909. Nautilus 22(10): 101.
Ortmann, 1909. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 5: 193.
(new name for Unio tuberculatus Barnes, 1823)

Unio hippopaeus Lea, 1852
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 21 [as ‘hippopæus’].
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 261 [as ‘hippopæus’].
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 497 [as ‘hippopæus’].
Reeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 11, sp. 40 [as ‘hippopæus’].
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 31 [as ‘hippopæus’].
B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [3], [as ‘hippopæus’].
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 767 [as ‘hippopæa’].
Ortmann, 1909. Nautilus 22(10): 101 [as ‘Q. hippopæa’].
Ortmann, 1909. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 5: 203 [as ‘Quadrula undulata hippopæa’].
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 816 [as ‘hippopæa’].
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 61.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 287.
Clarke, 1973. Malacologia 13(1-2): 35.
Burch, 1975. Freshw. Unio. North Amer.: 165.
Strayer & Jirka, 1997. Pearly Mussels NY (26): 98.
He & Zhuang, 2013. Freshwater Bivalves China: 27.
(error for Unio hippopoeus Lea, 1845)

Taxonomic Opinions

Alasmidonta undulata (Say)

Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) heterodon (Lea) = Prolasmidonta heterodon

Alasmidonta (Rugifera) marginata (Say) = Alasmidonta marginata
+ Margaritana marginata var. truncata B.H. Wright, 1898
+ Margaritana marginata var. truncata B.H. Wright, 1898

Alasmidonta (Rugifera) marginata varicosa (Lamarck) = Alasmidonta varicosa

Anodonta cataracta Say = Pyganodon cataracta

Anodonta grandis Say = Pyganodon grandis

Anodonta grandis footiana Lea = Pyganodon grandis

Anodonta grandis var. benedictensis Lea = Pyganodon grandis

Anodonta grandis var. gigantea Lea = Pyganodon grandis

Anodonta grandis var. salmonia Lea = Pyganodon grandis

Anodonta imbecillis Say = Utterbackia imbecillis

Anodonta implicata Say = Utterbackiana implicata

Anodontoides ferussacianus (Lea)

Anodontoides ferussacianus var. subcylindraceus (Lea) = Anodontoides ferussacianus

Cyprogenia irrorata (Lea) = Cyprogenia stegaria

Lampsilis cariosa (Say)

Lampsilis iris (Lea) = Cambarunio iris

Lampsilis ligamentina (Lamarck) = Ortmanniana ligamentina

Lampsilis luteola (Lamarck) = Lampsilis radiata

Lampsilis multiradiata (Lea) = Lampsilis fasciola

Lampsilis nasuta (Say) = Sagittunio nasutus

Lampsilis ochracea (Say) = Atlanticoncha ochracea

Lampsilis orbiculata (Hildreth) = Obovaria subrotunda

Lampsilis radiata (Gmelin)

Lampsilis recta (Lamarck) = Ligumia recta

Lampsilis ventricosa (Barnes) = Lampsilis cardium

Lampsilis ventricosa ovata (Say) = Lampsilis ovata

Lampsilis (Carunculina) parva (Barnes) = Toxolasma parvum

Margaritana margaritifera (Linnæus) = Margaritifera margaritifera

Micromya fabalis (Lea) = Paetulunio fabalis

Obliquaria reflexa Rafinesque

Obovaria circulus (Lea) = Obovaria subrotunda
+ Unio lens Lea, 1831

Obovaria retusa (Lamarck)

Obovaria (Pseudoon) ellipsis (Lea) = Obovaria olivaria

Plagiola securis (Lea) = Ellipsaria lineolata

Plagiola (Amygdalonajas) [sic] donaciformis (Lea) = Truncilla donaciformis

Plagiola (Amygdalonajas) [sic] elegans (Lea) = Truncilla truncata

Pleurobema æsopus (Green) = Plethobasus cyphyus

Pleurobema clava (Lamarck)

Proptera alata (Say) = Potamilus alatus

Proptera gracilis (Barnes) = Potamilus fragilis

Ptychobranchus phaseolus (Hildreth) = Ptychobranchus fasciolaris

Quadrula coccinea (Conrad) = Pleurobema sintoxia

Quadrula cooperiana (Lea) = Plethobasus cooperianus

Quadrula cylindrica (Say) = Theliderma cylindrica

Quadrula lachrymosa [sic] (Lea) = Quadrula quadrula

Quadrula metanevra (Rafinesque) = Theliderma metanevra

Quadrula obliqua (Lamarck) = Pleurobema plenum
+ Unio pyramidatus Lea, 1831
+ Unio plenus Lea, 1840

Quadrula obliqua (Lamarck) = Pleurobema cordatum

Quadrula obliqua (Lamarck) = Pleurobema sintoxia

Quadrula pustulosa (Lea) = Pustulosa pustulosa

Quadrula rubiginosa (Lea) = Fusconaia flava

Quadrula subrotunda (Lea) = Fusconaia subrotunda

Quadrula subrotunda kirtlandiana (Lea) = Fusconaia subrotunda

Quadrula tritogonia nom. nov. = Quadrula verrucosa
+ Unio (Theliderma) pustulata Swainson, 1840
+ Unio gigas Sowerby, 1867

Quadrula undulata (Barnes) = Amblema plicata

Quadrula undulata hippopæa [sic] (Lea) = Amblema plicata

Quadrula (Rotundaria) tuberculata (Rafinesque) = Cyclonaias tuberculata

Strophitus undulatus (Say)
+ Alasmodonta edentula Say, 1829

Symphynota compressa Lea = Platynaias compressa

Symphynota viridis (Conrad) = Platynaias subviridis

Symphynota (Lasmigona) costata (Rafinesque) = Lasmigona costata

Symphynota (Pterosygna) [sic] complanata (Barnes) = Lasmigona complanata

Truncilla triquetra Rafinesque = Epioblasma triquetra

Truncilla (Pilea) perplexa rangiana (Lea) = Epioblasma rangiana

Unio complanatus (Dillwyn) = Elliptio complanata

Unio crassidens Lamarck = Elliptio crassidens

Unio fisherianus Lea = Elliptio fisheriana

Unio gibbosus Barnes = Eurynia dilatata

 
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