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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

This page documents data for Ortmann (1914), such as genera and species attributed to that publication (including known misspellings, misidentifications, and other unavailable names) as well as taxonomic opinions, if available. Taxonomic opinions refer to uses of genera and species as valid and invalid in that work.

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Publication information

Ortmann, A.E. 1914. Studies in najades. Nautilus 28(4): 41-47.

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Attributed Genus Names

Pterosygna Simpson, 1900
‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 665.
Ortmann, 1909, Ann. Carnegie Mus. 5: 196.
Simpson, 1914, Descr. Cat. Naiades: 490.
Ortmann, 1914, Nautilus 28(4): 43.
Walker, 1918, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (49): 2.
F.C. Baker, 1928, Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 147.
Haas, 1930, Senckenbergiana 12(6): 326.
(error for Pterosyna Rafinesque, 1831)

Symphynota Simpson, 1900
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 662.
Ortmann, 1912, Ann. Carnegie Mus. 8: 280.
Simpson, 1914, Descr. Cat. Naiades: 480.
Ortmann, 1914, Nautilus 28(4): 41.
(reference to Symphynota Lea, 1829)
Type species: Symphynota compressa Lea, 1829 (orig. desig.) = Platynaias compressa

Prolasmidonta Ortmann, 1914
Ortmann, 1914, Nautilus 28(4): 44.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Alasmidonta Say, 1818)
Type species: Unio heterodon Lea, 1829 (orig. desig.) = Prolasmidonta heterodon

Alasminota Ortmann, 1914
Ortmann, 1914, Nautilus 28(4): 41.
Ortmann & Walker, 1922, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (112): 33.
Ortmann, 1923, Nautilus 36(3): 83.
Ortmann, 1924, Amer. Midl. Nat. 9(1): 22.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Symphynota Lea, 1829)
Type species: Margaritana holstonia Lea, 1838 (orig. desig.) = Alasmidonta holstonia

Taxonomic Opinions

Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) minor (Lea)

Anodonta marginata Say

Anodonta oregonensis Lea

Symphynota (Alasminota) holstonia (Lea)

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