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Publication Vanatta (1915): taxonomic opinions
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Vanatta, E.G. 1915. Rafinesque's types of Unio. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 67: 549-559. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Cyprogenia stegaria Raf.
+ Unio irroratus Lea, 1828
+ Obovaria stegaria var. tuberculata Rafinesque, 1820

Lampsilis alatus Say = Potamilus alatus
+ Metaptera megaptera Rafinesque, 1820

Lampsilis cardium Raf.
+ Unio ventricosus Barnes, 1823

Lampsilis fragilis Raf. = Potamilus fragilis
+ Unio gracilis Barnes, 1823

Lampsilis leptodon Raf. = Potamilus leptodon

Lampsilis ligamentinus Lam. = Ortmanniana ligamentina
+ Unio crassus Say, 1817
+ Unio (Elliptio) fasciata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Obliquaria pallens Rafinesque, 1831

Lampsilis luteolus Lam. = Lampsilis radiata
+ Lampsilis fasciola Rafinesque, 1820

Lampsilis luteolus Lam. = Lampsilis fasciola

Lampsilis rectus Lam. = Ligumia recta
+ Unio (Eurynia) latissima Rafinesque, 1820

Lastena lata Raf. = Hemistena lata

Obliquaria reflexa Raf.

Obovaria levigata Raf. = Obovaria subrotunda
+ Unio lens Lea, 1831

Obovaria olivaria Raf.
+ Unio ellipsis Lea, 1828

Obovaria retusa Lam.
+ Obovaria torsa Rafinesque, 1820

Obovaria subrotunda Raf.
+ Obovaria striata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio circulus Lea, 1829

Plagiola elegans Lea = Truncilla truncata
+ Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Truncilla metaplata Rafinesque, 1831

Plagiola lineolata Raf. = Ellipsaria lineolata
+ Obliquaria (Plagiola) depressa Rafinesque, 1820
+ Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) ellipsaria Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio securis Lea, 1829

Pleurobema clava Lam.
+ Unio (Aximedia) elliptica Rafinesque, 1820
+ Obliquaria (Scalenaria) scalenia Rafinesque, 1820
+ Pleurobema cuneata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Pleurobema mytiloides Rafinesque, 1820

Pleurobema conradi n.n. = Pleuronaia dolabelloides
+ Unio maculatus Conrad, 1834

Pleurobema cyphya Raf. = Plethobasus cyphyus
+ Unio aesopus Green, 1827

Pleurobema simpsoni n.n. = Pleurobema pyriforme
+ Unio striatus Lea, 1840

Ptychobranchus fasciolaris Raf.
+ Unio phaseolus Hildreth, 1828

Quadrula cordata Raf. = Pleurobema plenum
+ Unio plenus Lea, 1840

Quadrula cordata Raf. = Pleurobema cordatum

Quadrula costata Raf. = Amblema plicata
+ Unio undulatus Barnes, 1823

Quadrula cylindrica Say = Theliderma cylindrica
+ Unio (Eurynia) solenoides Rafinesque, 1820

Quadrula flava Raf. = Fusconaia flava
+ Unio rubiginosus Lea, 1829

Quadrula metanevra Raf. = Theliderma metanevra

Quadrula nodulata Raf. = Pustulosa nodulata
+ Unio pustulatus Lea, 1831

Quadrula obliqua Lam. = Pleurobema cordatum
+ Obliquaria (Sintoxia) lateralis Rafinesque, 1820

Quadrula obliqua Lam. = Fusconaia flava

Quadrula obovalis Raf. = Reginaia ebenus
+ Unio ebenus Lea, 1831

Quadrula pustulosa Lea = Pustulosa pustulosa
+ Obliquaria (Quadrula) retusa Rafinesque, 1820

Quadrula pustulosa pernodosa Lea = Pustulosa pustulosa
+ Obliquaria (Quadrula) bullata Rafinesque, 1820

Quadrula quadrula Raf.
+ Unio lacrymosus Lea, 1828

Quadrula rubra Raf. = Pleurobema sintoxia
+ Unio pyramidatus Lea, 1831

Quadrula sintoxia Raf. = Fusconaia subrotunda
+ Unio subrotundus Lea, 1831

Quadrula sintoxia Raf. = Pleurobema sintoxia

Quadrula tuberculata Raf. = Cyclonaias tuberculata

Symphynota viridis Raf. = Pressodonta viridis
+ Unio (Elliptio) viridis var. fuscata Rafinesque, 1820

Tritogonia verrucosa Raf. = Quadrula verrucosa
+ Unio tuberculatus Barnes, 1823

Truncilla brevidens Lea = Epioblasma brevidens
+ Obliquaria (Plagiola) interrupta Rafinesque, 1820

Truncilla brevidens Lea = Ptychobranchus fasciolaris

Truncilla flexuosa Raf. = Epioblasma flexuosa
+ Unio foliatus Hildreth, 1828

Truncilla obliquata Raf. = Epioblasma obliquata
+ Unio sulcatus Lea, 1829

Truncilla torulosa Raf. = Epioblasma torulosa
+ Amblema gibbosa Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio perplexus Lea, 1831

Truncilla triquetra Raf. = Epioblasma triquetra

Unio buxeus Lea = Elliptio congaraea
+ Obliquaria (Rotundaria) pusilla Rafinesque, 1820

Unio buxeus Lea = Reginaia ebenus

Unio crassidens Lam. = Elliptio crassidens
+ Unio (Elliptio) nigra Rafinesque, 1820

Unio dilatata Raf. = Eurynia dilatata
+ Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) sinuata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio gibbosus Barnes, 1823

Unio rafinesquei n.n. = Elliptio occulta
+ Unio fuscatus Lea, 1843