MUSSELpdb | nomainal sp. Obliquaria (Rotundaria) pusilla Rafinesque, 1820

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nominal species Obliquaria (Rotundaria) pusilla Rafinesque, 1820

Rafinesque, 1818. Amer. Mon. Mag. 3: 355 [as ‘Potamilus pusillus’]. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 308 [also as ‘Unio pusilla’].
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 23, 52.

= Reginaia ebenus

Taxonomic Opinions

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

+ Fusconaia ebena (Lea, 1831) — R.I. Johnson, 1980

= Obliquaria pusilla Rafinesque, 1820 — Burch, 1975

= Fusconaia pusilla Rafinesque, 1820 — Morrison, 1969

+ Unio buxeus Lea — Vanatta, 1915

+ — Simpson, 1914

+ — Simpson, 1900

+ — Lea, 1870

+ — Lea, 1852

+ — Lea, 1836

+ Unio subrotundus Raf. — Ferussac, 1835

= Obliquaria (Rotundaria) pusilla — Rafinesque, 1820

= Potamilus pusillus — Rafinesque, 1818

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