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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Ligumia recta

nominal species Unio (Eurynia) latissima Rafinesque, 1820

Rafinesque, 1818, Amer. Mon. Mag. 3: 355 [as ‘Potamilus latissimus’]. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1819, Jour. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. 88: 426. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 297, pl. 80, figs. 14-15 [also as ‘Ellipto latissima’].
Rafinesque, 1864, [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 22, 29, 42.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_20212, Ohio River.

= Ligumia recta

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819) — IUCN, 2017
= Ligumia latissima — ITIS, 2012
+ Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819) — Watters et al., 2009
+ Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819) — Williams et al., 2008
+ Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998
+ Ligumia recta (Lamarck) — Strayer & Jirka, 1997
+ Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819) — Oesch, 1984
+ Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819) — R.I. Johnson, 1980
+ Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819) — Burch, 1975
+ Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819) — Clarke, 1973
= Ligumia recta latissima (Rafinesque, 1820) — Haas, 1969
= Ligumia recta latissima (Rafinesque, 1820) — Murray & Leonard, 1962
= Ligumia (s.s.) recta latissima (Rafinesque, 1820) — F.C. Baker, 1928
= Lampsilis (Ligumia) recta-latissima (Rafinesque, 1820) — Frierson, 1927
= Ligumia recta latissima (Rafinesque) — Ortmann, 1925
= Ligumia recta latissima (Rafinesque) — Ortmann, 1924
= Ligumia recta latissima (Rafinesque, 1820) — Ortmann & Walker, 1922
+ Lampsilis rectus Lam. — Vanatta, 1915
+ Lampsilis (Eurynia) recta (Lamarck, 1819) — Simpson, 1914
+ Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) rectus Lamarck — Simpson, 1900
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1870
+ Unio rectus Lam. — Conrad, 1853
= Unio (Metaptera) latissimus Raf. — Mörch, 1853
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1852
+ Unio rectus Lamarck, 1819 — Conrad, 1836
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1836
+ Unio rectus Lam., Valenc. — Ferussac, 1835
+ Unio (Eurynia) recta Lamarck, 1819 — Rafinesque, 1831
= Unio (Eurynia) latissima — Rafinesque, 1820
= Unio (Eurynia) latissima — Rafinesque, 1819
= Potamilus latissimus — Rafinesque, 1818

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