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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina | Pseudodontoideus

species Pseudodontoideus connasaugaensis (Lea, 1858): synonymy
     3 specimens

Anodonta hallenbeckii Lea, 1858
Lea, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 138.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 232 [50], pl. 32, fig. 112.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86428, Uphaupee Cr., Macon Co., Alabama.

Anodonta hallenbeckiiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Anodonta (Pyganodon) cataracta-hallenbeckiiFrierson (1927)
Anodonta hallenbeckiClench & Turner (1956)
Anodonta (Pyganodon) cataracta hallenbeckiiHaas (1969)
Anodonta (Pyganodon) cataracta cataractaR.I. Johnson (1970)
Anodonta cataractaBurch (1975)
Anodonta (Pyganodon) hallenbeckiiHeard (1975)
Pyganodon grandisBrim Box & Williams (2000)
Strophitus connasaugaensisWilliams et al. (2008)

Margaritana connasaugaensis Lea, 1858
Lea, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 138.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 229 [47], pl. 32, fig. 113.
(renamed Strophitus conasaugaensis Ortmann, 1923)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86277, Connasauga Cr., W. Georgia.

Strophitus connasaugaensisSimpson (1900), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Turgeon et al. (1998), ... Cummings & Graf (2010), IUCN (2012), ITIS (2012), Haag (2012), Williams et al. (2017)
Strophitus (s.s.) connasaugaensisSimpson (1914), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Strophitus conasaugaensisOrtmann (1923)
Strophitus subvexusR.I. Johnson (1967)
Strophitus subvexaBurch (1975)
Pseudodontoideus connasaugaensisSmith et al. (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Whelan et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023)

Margaritana alabamensis Lea, 1861
Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 41.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 104 [108], pl. 16, fig. 249.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86262, Talladega Cr., Alabama.

Strophitus connasaugaensisSimpson (1900), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Strophitus (s.s.) alabamensisSimpson (1914), Haas (1969)
Strophitus conasaugaensisOrtmann (1923)
Strophitus (Pseudodontoideus) alabamensisFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Strophitus alabamensisThiele (1934), ITIS (2012)
Strophitus subvexusR.I. Johnson (1967)
Strophitus subvexaBurch (1975)
Pseudodontoideus connasaugaensisGraf & Cummings (2021)

Strophitus conasaugaensis Ortmann, 1923
Ortmann, 1923. Nautilus 36(4): 130, footnote.
(new name for Margaritana connasaugaensis Lea, 1858)

Strophitus conasaugaensisOrtmann (1923)
Strophitus subvexusR.I. Johnson (1967)

Margaritana connasaugensis Clessin, 1876
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Clessin, 1876. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 269, pl. 81, figs. 7-8.
Whelan et al., 2023. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 198(2): Figs. 2-3.
(error for Margaritana connasaugaensis Lea, 1858)

Strophitus connasaugaensisSimpson (1900), Parmalee & Bogan (1998)
Strophitus (s.s.) connasaugaensisSimpson (1914)

Unio connasaughensis Sowerby, 1868
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 88, sp. 474.
(error for Margaritana connasaugaensis Lea, 1858)

Strophitus connasaugaensisSimpson (1900), Parmalee & Bogan (1998)
Strophitus (s.s.) connasaugaensisSimpson (1914)

Margaritana connesaugaensis B.H. Wright, 1888
‘Lea’ B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [6].
(error for Margaritana connasaugaensis Lea, 1858)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Anodonta hallenbeckiiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Strophitus connasaugaensisSimpson (1900), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Turgeon et al. (1998), ... Cummings & Graf (2010), IUCN (2012), ITIS (2012), Haag (2012), Williams et al. (2017)
Strophitus (s.s.) connasaugaensisSimpson (1914), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Strophitus (s.s.) alabamensisSimpson (1914), Haas (1969)
Strophitus conasaugaensisOrtmann (1923)
Anodonta (Pyganodon) cataracta-hallenbeckiiFrierson (1927)
Strophitus (Pseudodontoideus) alabamensisFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Strophitus alabamensisThiele (1934), ITIS (2012)
Anodonta hallenbeckiClench & Turner (1956)
Strophitus subvexusR.I. Johnson (1967)
Anodonta (Pyganodon) cataracta hallenbeckiiHaas (1969)
Anodonta (Pyganodon) cataracta cataractaR.I. Johnson (1970)
Anodonta cataractaBurch (1975)
Anodonta (Pyganodon) hallenbeckiiHeard (1975)
Strophitus subvexaBurch (1975)
Pyganodon grandisBrim Box & Williams (2000)
Pseudodontoideus connasaugaensisSmith et al. (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Whelan et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023)

 
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