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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina | Platynaias

species Platynaias subviridis (Conrad, 1835): synonymy
     6 specimens

Unio subviridis Conrad, 1835
Conrad, 1835. New Fresh-Water Shells, Appendix: 4, pl. 9, fig. 1 [as ‘Unio viridis?’].

Simpson (1914)
Lasmigona (Platynaias) subviridisOrtmann & Walker (1922), Frierson (1927), R.I. Johnson (1970), Clarke (1985), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Lasmigona (Platynaias) subviridis subviridisHaas (1969)
Lasmigona subviridisBurch (1975), Heard (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Wu et al. (2021), Whelan et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023)
Lasmigona subviridus [sic]Bogan (2002)

Unio tappanianus Lea, 1838
‘Rafinesque’ Conrad, 1835. New Fresh-Water Shells, Appendix: 4, pl. 9, fig. 1 [as ‘Unio viridis?’].
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 39. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 62, pl. 17, fig. 55.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86133, Juniata River, near Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania.

Symphynota (s.s.) viridisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lasmigona (Platynaias) subviridisOrtmann & Walker (1922), Frierson (1927), R.I. Johnson (1970), Clarke (1985)
Lasmigona (Platynaias) subviridis subviridisHaas (1969)
Lasmigona subviridisBurch (1975), Strayer & Jirka (1997), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)

Unio neglectus Lea, 1843
Lea, 1843. [privately published sheet]: [1].
Lea, 1845. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 9 [O. 4]: 280, pl. 42, fig. 10.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85701, Northern Alabama.

Symphynota (s.s.) neglectaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lasmigona (Platynaias) subviridis-neglectaFrierson (1927)
Lasmigona (Platynaias) subviridis neglectusHaas (1969)
Lasmigona subviridisWilliams et al. (2008)

Unio hyalinus Lea, 1845
Lea, 1845. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 4: 164.
Lea, 1848. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 4]: 69, pl, 2, fig. 4.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86131, Richmond, Va.

Symphynota (s.s.) viridisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lasmigona (Platynaias) subviridisFrierson (1927), R.I. Johnson (1970), Clarke (1985)
Lasmigona (Platynaias) subviridis subviridisHaas (1969)
Lasmigona subviridisBurch (1975), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Brim Box & Williams (2000), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)

Unio pygmaeus Lea, 1852
Lea, 1852. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5: 252 [as ‘pygmæus’]. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1852. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 5]: 262, pl. 15, fig. 14 [as ‘pygmæus’].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85240, Abbeville District, SC.

Unio (sec. Elliptio) pygmaeusSimpson (1900)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) pygamæus [sic]Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) pygmaeusFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Lasmigona (Platynaias) subviridisR.I. Johnson (1970)
Lasmigona subviridisBurch (1975)

Margaritana quadrata Lea, 1861
Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 41.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 210, pl. 32, fig. 279.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86264, E. Tenn.

Symphynota (s.s.) quadrataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Ortmann (1918)
Lasmigona (Platynaias) quadrataFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Lasmigona (Platynaias) subviridisClarke (1985)
Lasmigona subviridisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Brim Box & Williams (2000), Williams et al. (2008)

Unio pertenuis Lea, 1863
Lea, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 193.
Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 8 [12], pl. 2, fig. 4.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86139, Neuse R., Raleigh, N. Carolina.

Symphynota (s.s.) viridisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lasmigona (Platynaias) subviridisFrierson (1927), R.I. Johnson (1970), Clarke (1985)
Lasmigona (Platynaias) subviridis subviridisHaas (1969)
Lasmigona subviridisBurch (1975), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Brim Box & Williams (2000), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)

Unio viridis Conrad, 1835
‘Rafinesque’ Conrad, 1835. New Fresh-Water Shells, Appendix: 4, pl. 9, fig. 1.
‘Rafinesque’ Conrad, 1836. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(4): 35, pl. 17, fig. 1.
(misidentified reference to Unio (Elliptio) viridis Rafinesque, 1820)

Symphynota (s.s.) viridisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Symphynota viridisOrtmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910), Ortmann (1912)
Lasmigona (Platynaias) subviridisOrtmann & Walker (1922), R.I. Johnson (1970), Clarke (1985)
Lasmigona subviridisStrayer & Jirka (1997), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Watters et al. (2009)

Unio tappianus Catlow & Reeve, 1845
‘Lea’ Catlow & Reeve, 1845. Conch. Nomen.: 64.
(error for Unio tappanianus Lea, 1838)

Symphynota (s.s.) viridisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lasmigona (Platynaias) subviridis subviridisHaas (1969)
Lasmigona subviridisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Watters et al. (2009)

Unio pygmoeus Conrad, 1853
‘Lea’ Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 256 [as ‘pygmœus’].
(error for Unio pygmaeus Lea, 1852)

Unio pygamaeus Simpson, 1914
‘Lea’ Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 649.
(error for Unio pygmaeus Lea, 1852)

Elliptio (s.s.) pygmaeusFrierson (1927)

Unio pertenius Clarke, 1985
‘Lea’ Clarke, 1985. Smithson. Contrib. Zool. (399): l51.
(error for Unio pertenuis Lea, 1863)

Lasmigona subviridus Bogan, 2002
‘Conrad’ Bogan, 2002. Workbook Key Freshw. Biv. NC: 11.
(error for Unio subviridis Conrad, 1835)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Symphynota (s.s.) viridisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Symphynota (s.s.) neglectaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) pygmaeusSimpson (1900)
Symphynota (s.s.) quadrataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Symphynota viridisOrtmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910), Ortmann (1912)
Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1918)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) pygamæus [sic]Simpson (1914)
Lasmigona (Platynaias) subviridisOrtmann & Walker (1922), Frierson (1927), R.I. Johnson (1970), Clarke (1985), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Lasmigona (Platynaias) subviridis-neglectaFrierson (1927)
Elliptio (s.s.) pygmaeusFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Lasmigona (Platynaias) quadrataFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Lasmigona (Platynaias) subviridis subviridisHaas (1969)
Lasmigona (Platynaias) subviridis neglectusHaas (1969)
Lasmigona subviridisBurch (1975), Heard (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Wu et al. (2021), Whelan et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023)
Lasmigona subviridus [sic]Bogan (2002)

 
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