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Publication Ortmann (1912): taxonomic opinions
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Ortmann, A.E. 1912. Notes upon the families and genera of the najades. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 8: 222-365. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Alasmidonta heterodon (Lea, 1829) = Prolasmidonta heterodon

Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1819

Alasmidonta minor (Lea, 1845) = Pressodonta viridis

Alasmidonta undulata (Say, 1817)

Amygdalonajas [sic] elegans (Lea, 1831) = Truncilla truncata

Anodonta cataracta Say, 1817 = Pyganodon cataracta

Anodonta complanata (Rossmässler, 1835) = Pseudanodonta complanata

Anodonta cygneus (Linnaeus, 1758) = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta grandis Say, 1829 = Pyganodon grandis

Anodonta henryana Lea, 1857 = Utterbackia imbecillis

Anodonta imbecillis Say, 1829 = Utterbackia imbecillis

Anodontoides ferussacianus (Lea, 1834)

Arcidens confragosus (Say, 1829)

Crenodonta heros (Say, 1829) = Megalonaias nervosa

Crenodonta perplicata (Conrad, 1841) = Amblema plicata

Crenodonta plicata (Say, 1819) = Amblema plicata

Crenodonta trapezoides (Lea, 1831) = Plectomerus dombeyanus

Crenodonta undulata (Barnes, 1823) = Amblema plicata

Cyprogenia irrorata (Lea, 1828) = Cyprogenia stegaria

Dromus dromas (Lea, 1834)

Elliptio beadleianus (Lea, 1861) = Pleurobema beadleianum

Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck, 1819)

Elliptio gibbosus (Barnes, 1823) = Eurynia dilatata

Elliptio jayensis (Lea, 1838)

Elliptio popeii (Lea, 1857) = Popenaias popeii

Elliptio productus (Conrad, 1836) = Elliptio producta

Elliptio spinosus (Lea, 1838) = Elliptio spinosa

Eurynia (Carunculina) glans (Lea, 1831) = Toxolasma lividum

Eurynia (Carunculina) parvus (Barnes, 1823) = Toxolasma parvum

Eurynia (Carunculina) paula (Lea, 1840) = Toxolasma paulum

Eurynia (Carunculina) texasensis [sic] (Lea, 1857) = Toxolasma texasiense

Eurynia (Micromya) fabalis (Lea, 1831) = Paetulunio fabalis

Eurynia (Micromya) iris (Lea, 1829) = Cambarunio iris

Eurynia (Micromya) lienosa (Conrad, 1834) = Leaunio lienosus

Eurynia (Micromya) picta (Lea, 1834) = Cambarunio taeniatus

Eurynia (Micromya) trabalis (Conrad, 1834) = Venustaconcha trabalis

Eurynia (Micromya) vanuxemensis (Lea, 1838) = Leaunio vanuxemensis

Eurynia (Micromya) vibex (Conrad, 1834) = Villosa vibex

Eurynia (s.s.) nasuta (Say, 1817) = Sagittunio nasutus

Eurynia (s.s.) recta (Lamarck, 1819) = Ligumia recta

Eurynia (s.s.) subrostrata (Say, 1831) = Sagittunio subrostratus

Friersonia iridella (Pilsbry & Frierson, 1907)

Fusconaia cerina (Conrad, 1838)

Fusconaia ebenus (Lea, 1831) = Reginaia ebenus

Fusconaia lananensis (Frierson, 1901)

Fusconaia rubiginosa (Lea, 1829) = Fusconaia flava

Fusconaia subrotundus (Lea, 1831) = Fusconaia subrotunda
+ Unio kirtlandianus Lea, 1834

Fusconaia undata (Barnes, 1823) = Fusconaia flava

Lamellidens consobrinus (Lea, 1860) = Lamellidens generosus

Lamellidens marginalis (Lamarck, 1819)

Lampsilis anodontoides (Lea, 1831) = Lampsilis teres
+ Lampsilis fallaciosus Smith, 1899

Lampsilis cariosa (Say, 1817)

Lampsilis claibornensis (Lea, 1838) = Lampsilis straminea

Lampsilis excavata (Lea, 1857) = Lampsilis ornata

Lampsilis hydiana (Lea, 1838)

Lampsilis luteola (Lamarck, 1819) = Lampsilis radiata

Lampsilis multiradiata (Lea, 1829) = Lampsilis fasciola

Lampsilis orbiculata (Hildreth, 1828) = Obovaria subrotunda

Lampsilis ovata (Say, 1817)

Lampsilis radiata (Gmelin, 1791)

Lampsilis ventricosa (Barnes, 1823) = Lampsilis cardium

Lastena lata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Hemistena lata

Margaritana hembeli (Conrad, 1838) = Margaritifera hembeli

Margaritana margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) = Margaritifera margaritifera

Margaritana monodonta (Say, 1829) = Cumberlandia monodonta

Margaritana sinuata (Lamarck, 1819) = Pseudunio auricularius

Medionidus conradicus (Lea, 1834)

Nephronaias ligamentina (Lamarck, 1819) = Ortmanniana ligamentina
+ Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) ligamentina var. gibbus Simpson, 1900

Nephronaias perdix (Lea, 1834) = Ortmanniana pectorosa

Nephronaias sapotalensis (Lea, 1841) = Actinonaias sapotalensis

Obliquaria reflexa Rafinesque, 1820

Obovaria circulus (Lea, 1829) = Obovaria subrotunda
+ Unio lens Lea, 1831

Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819)

Obovaria unicolor (Lea, 1845)

Obovaria (Pseudoon) castaneus (Lea, 1831) = Obovaria arkansasensis

Obovaria (Pseudoon) ellipsis (Lea, 1828) = Obovaria olivaria

Paraptera fimbriata (Frierson, 1907) = Disconaias fimbriata

Paraptera gracilis (Barnes, 1823) = Potamilus fragilis

Parreysia wynegungaensis (Lea, 1860) = Parreysia corrugata

Plagiola securis (Lea, 1829) = Ellipsaria lineolata

Plethobasus aesopus (Green, 1827) = Plethobasus cyphyus

Plethobasus cooperianus (Lea, 1834)

Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819)

Pleurobema coccineum (Conrad, 1836) = Pleurobema sintoxia

Pleurobema decisum (Lea, 1831)

Pleurobema obliquum (Lamarck, 1819) = Pleurobema cordatum
+ Unio pyramidatus Lea, 1831

Pleurobema obliquum (Lamarck, 1819) = Pleurobema sintoxia

Pleurobema riddelli (Lea, 1862) = Pleurobema riddellii

Proptera alata (Say, 1817) = Potamilus alatus

Proptera laevissima (Lea, 1829) = Potamilus ohiensis

Proptera purpurata (Lamarck, 1819) = Potamilus purpuratus

Ptychobranchus clintonensis Simpson, 1900 = Ptychobranchus occidentalis

Ptychobranchus foremanianus (Lea, 1842)

Ptychobranchus phaseolus (Hildreth, 1828) = Ptychobranchus fasciolaris

Ptychobranchus subtentus (Say, 1825)

Quadrula aspera (Lea, 1831) = Quadrula quadrula

Quadrula cylindrica (Say, 1817) = Theliderma cylindrica

Quadrula lachrymosa [sic] (Lea, 1828) = Quadrula quadrula

Quadrula metanevra (Rafinesque, 1820) = Theliderma metanevra

Quadrula mortoni (Conrad, 1836) = Pustulosa pustulosa

Quadrula pustulosa (Lea, 1831) = Pustulosa pustulosa

Quadrula refulgens (Lea, 1868) = Pustulosa pustulosa

Quadrula sparsa (Lea, 1841) = Theliderma sparsa

Quadrula sphaerica (Lea, 1868) = Pustulosa pustulosa

Quadrula tuberculata (Barnes, 1823) = Quadrula verrucosa

Rotundaria tuberculata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Cyclonaias tuberculata

Strophitus edentulus (Say, 1829) = Strophitus undulatus

Symphynota complanata (Barnes, 1823) = Lasmigona complanata

Symphynota compressa Lea, 1829 = Platynaias compressa

Symphynota costata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Lasmigona costata

Symphynota viridis (Conrad, 1835) = Platynaias subviridis

Truncilla capsaeformis (Lea, 1834) = Epioblasma capsaeformis

Truncilla florentina (Lea, 1857) = Epioblasma florentina

Truncilla haysiana (Lea, 1834) = Epioblasma haysiana

Truncilla penita (Conrad, 1834) = Epioblasma penita

Truncilla rangiana (Lea, 1838) = Epioblasma rangiana

Truncilla triquetra Rafinesque, 1820 = Epioblasma triquetra

Unio crassus Retzius, 1788

Unio crassus consentaneus Rossmässler, 1836 = Unio nanus

Unio crassus musivus Spengler, 1793 = Unio crassus
+ Mya batava Maton & Rackett, 1807

Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Unio tumidus Retzius, 1788

Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say, 1831)