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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Bivalvia | ... | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina | Utterbackiana species Utterbackiana couperiana (Lea, 1840): synonymy
1 specimen Anodonta couperiana Lea, 1840
Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 289 [as ‘cowperiana’].
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 227, pl. 20, fig. 46.
(correct name for Anodonta cowperiana Lea, 1840)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_86673 (by R.I. Johnson, 1965: 3), [Altamaha River] Hopeton, near Darien [McIntosh Co.], Georgia.
Anodonta gibbosa — Simpson (1900)
Anodonta couperiana — Simpson (1914), R.I. Johnson (1969), Burch (1975), Turgeon et al. (1988), Hoeh (1990), ... Williams et al. (2011), ITIS (2012), Haag (2012), Williams et al. (2014), Smith et al. (2018)
Anodonta (Lastena) couperiana — Frierson (1927)
Lastena ohiensis couperiana — Modell (1945)
Anodonta cowperiana — Clench & Turner (1956)
Anodonta (Lastena) cowperiana — Haas (1969)
Anodonta (Utterbackia) couperiana — R.I. Johnson (1970), R.I. Johnson (1972), Heard (1975), Kat (1983)
Anodonta “couperiana” — Hoeh (1990)
Utterbackia couperiana — Graf & Cummings (2007), Cummings & Graf (2010)
Utterbackiana couperiana — Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), Bieler (2021), FMCS (2021), Whelan et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023) | |
Anodonta cowperiana Lea, 1840
Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 289.
(incorrect original spelling of Anodonta couperiana Lea, 1840)
Anodonta gibbosa — Simpson (1900)
Anodonta couperiana — Simpson (1914), Burch (1975)
Anodonta (Lastena) couperiana — Frierson (1927)
Anodonta cowperiana — Clench & Turner (1956)
Anodonta (Lastena) cowperiana — Haas (1969)
Anodonta (Utterbackia) couperiana — R.I. Johnson (1970), R.I. Johnson (1972)
Utterbackiana couperiana — Bieler (2021) | |
Anodonta dunlapiana Lea, 1842
  Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 248 [86], pl. 27, fig. 65.
Lea, 1843. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 2: 225.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_86564 (by R.I. Johnson, 1972: 226), Charleston, S. Carolina.
Anodonta gibbosa var. dunlapiana — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Anodonta (Lastena) couperiana-dunlapiana — Frierson (1927)
Anodonta cowperiana — Clench & Turner (1956)
Anodonta (Pyganodon) cataracta gibbosa — Haas (1969)
Anodonta (Utterbackia) couperiana — R.I. Johnson (1970), R.I. Johnson (1972)
Anodonta couperiana — Burch (1975) | |
Anodon dunlopiana Sowerby, 1869
 ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1869. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 23, sp. 87.
(error for Anodonta dunlapiana Lea, 1842)
Anodonta gibbosa var. dunlapiana — Simpson (1900) | |
Anodonta cooperiana Paetel, 1890
‘Lea’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 178.
(error for Anodonta couperiana Lea, 1840)
Anodonta gibbosa — Simpson (1900)
Anodonta couperiana — Simpson (1914) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Anodonta gibbosa — Simpson (1900)
Anodonta gibbosa var. dunlapiana — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Anodonta couperiana — Simpson (1914), R.I. Johnson (1969), Burch (1975), Turgeon et al. (1988), Hoeh (1990), ... Williams et al. (2011), ITIS (2012), Haag (2012), Williams et al. (2014), Smith et al. (2018)
Anodonta (Lastena) couperiana — Frierson (1927)
Anodonta (Lastena) couperiana-dunlapiana — Frierson (1927)
Lastena ohiensis couperiana — Modell (1945)
Anodonta cowperiana — Clench & Turner (1956)
Anodonta (Lastena) cowperiana — Haas (1969)
Anodonta (Pyganodon) cataracta gibbosa — Haas (1969)
Anodonta (Utterbackia) couperiana — R.I. Johnson (1970), R.I. Johnson (1972), Heard (1975), Kat (1983)
Anodonta “couperiana” — Hoeh (1990)
Utterbackia couperiana — Graf & Cummings (2007), Cummings & Graf (2010)
Utterbackiana couperiana — Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), Bieler (2021), FMCS (2021), Whelan et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023)
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