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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Obovaria retusa

nominal species Obovaria torsa Rafinesque, 1820


Rafinesque, 1819, Jour. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. 88: 427 [as ‘U. (Obovaria) torsa’]. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 311, pl. 82, figs. 1-3 [also as ‘Unio torsa’].
Rafinesque, 1864, [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 29, 54.
Type(s): NEOTYPE ANSP_20256, Kentucky River.

= Obovaria retusa

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819) — Watters et al., 2009
+ Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819) — Williams et al., 2008
+ Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819) — Graf & Cummings, 2007
+ Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998
+ Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819) — Burch, 1975
+ Obovaria (s.s.) retusa (Lamarck, 1819) — Haas, 1969
+ Obovaria (s.s.) retusa (Lamarck, 1819) — Frierson, 1927
+ Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819) — Ortmann & Walker, 1922
+ Obovaria retusa Lam. — Vanatta, 1915
= Obovaria torsa Rafinesque, 1820 — Simpson, 1914
- NO OPINION — de Gregorio, 1914
= Obovaria torsa Rafinesque, 1820 — Simpson, 1900
+ Unio retusus Lamarck, 1819 — Call, 1895
+ Margaron (Unio) retusus (Lam.) — Lea, 1870
+ Unio retusus Lamarck, 1819 — Sowerby, 1868
= Unio (Obovaria) torsus (Rafin.) — Adams & Adams, 1857
+ Unio retusus Lam. — Conrad, 1853
= Unio (Obovaria) torsus (Raf.) — Mörch, 1853
= Obovaria torsus Raf. — Agassiz, 1852
+ Margaron (Unio) retusus (Lam.) — Lea, 1852
+ Unio retusus Lamarck — Küster, 1852
+ Unio retusus Lam. — Hanley, 1843
= Unio (s.s.) torsa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Swainson, 1840
+ Margarita (Unio) retusus Lam. Con. — Lea, 1838
+ Unio retusus Lamarck, 1819 — Conrad, 1836
+ Margarita (Unio) retusus (Lamarck, 1819) — Lea, 1836
+ Unio retusa Lam. — Ferussac, 1835
= Unio torsusJay, 1835
= Unio torsus (Rafinesque, 1820) — Ravenel, 1834
= Unio torsa (Rafinesque) — Lea, 1834
= Unio torsus Rafin. — Lea, 1829
= Obovaria torsaRafinesque, 1820
= Unio (Obovaria) torsaRafinesque, 1819

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