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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!

The nominal species (available and otherwise) in this synonymy are listed by usage rather than strictly by publication date. The primary sorting order is by the most recent year (since 1969) that the species name was treated as valid, and then nominal species are sorted secondarily by publication year.

The taxonomic history of the valid species (since 1900) is listed at the bottom of the page.

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species Plectomerus dombeyanus (Valenciennes in Humboldt & Bonpland, 1827): nominal species
     3 specimens available.

Unio dombeyana Humboldt & Bonpland, 1827
Valenciennes in Humboldt & Bonpland, 1827, Receuil Observ. Zool. 2: 227, pl. 53, figs. 1a-b.

Unio dombeyanaHumboldt & Bonpland (1827)
Unio plicatusLea (1829), Ferussac (1835), Hanley (1843), Reeve (1864), Sowerby (1866)
Margarita (Unio) plicatusLea (1836), Lea (1838)
Unio (Theliderma) dombeyanaSwainson (1840)
Margaron (Unio) plicatusLea (1852), Lea (1870)
Plectomerus plicatusConrad (1853)
Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta) trapezoidesSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Plectomerus trapezoidesOrtmann & Walker (1922)
Amblema (Plectomerus) dombeyanaFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Amblema dombeyanaThiele (1934)
Plectomerus dombeyanusHaas (1969), Burch (1975), Gordon et al. (1979), R.I. Johnson (1980), ..., FMCS (2021), Stodola et al. (2021), Graf & Cummings (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)
Amblema dombeyanusDavis & Fuller (1981)
Plectomerus dombeyanaOesch (1984), Vidrine (1993)

Unio crassidens Lamarck, 1819
Lister, 1685, Conch.: pl. 150, fig. 5.
Lamarck, 1819, Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 71, sp. 3, var. a. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Unio crassidens Lamarck, 1819)

Unio crassidensLamarck (1819)
Unio plicatusLea (1829)
Unio plicataRavenel (1834)
Unio trapezoidesLea (1834), Hanley (1843), Küster (1862)
Unio trapezoïdesFerussac (1835)
Margarita (Unio) trapezoidesLea (1836), Lea (1838)
Mysca crassidensSchlüter (1838)
Unio (Theliderma) crassidensSwainson (1840)
Margaron (Unio) trapezoidesLea (1852), Lea (1870)
Plectomerus crassidensConrad (1853)
Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta) trapezoidesSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (s.s.) trapezoidesCall (1900)
Plectomerus trapezoidesOrtmann & Walker (1922)
Amblema (Plectomerus) dombeyanaFrierson (1927)
Plectomerus dombeyanaR.I. Johnson (1969), Oesch (1984)
Plectomerus dombeyanusHowells et al. (1996), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)

Bariosta ponderosus Rafinesque, 1831
Rafinesque, 1831, Continuation: 2.
Rafinesque, 1864, [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 73.

Bariosta ponderosusRafinesque (1831), Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio nigerFerussac (1835)
Unio (Limnium sec. Bariosta) ponderosusFischer (1887)
Plectomerus trapezoidesOrtmann & Walker (1922)
Amblema (Plectomerus) dombeyanaFrierson (1927)
Plectomerus dombeyanusBurch (1975), Howells et al. (1996)
Plectomerus dombeyanaOesch (1984)

Lasmigona ponderosa Rafinesque, 1831
Rafinesque, 1831, Continuation: 5.
Rafinesque, 1864, [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 79.

Lasmigona ponderosaRafinesque (1831)
Alasmodonta ponderosaFerussac (1835)

Unio interruptus Say, 1831
Say, 1831, Transylvania J. Med. Assoc. Sci. 4: 525.
Say, 1832, Amer. Conch. 4: pl. 33.
(homonym of Unio (Eurynia) solenoides var. interrupta Rafinesque, 1820)

Unio interruptusSay (1831)
Unio trapezoïdesFerussac (1835)
Margarita (Unio) trapezoidesLea (1836), Lea (1838)
Unio trapezoidesHanley (1843), Küster (1862), Reeve (1864), Call (1895)
Margaron (Unio) trapezoidesLea (1852), Lea (1870)
Plectomerus crassidensConrad (1853)
Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta) trapezoidesSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Plectomerus trapezoidesOrtmann & Walker (1922)
Amblema (Plectomerus) dombeyanaFrierson (1927)
Plectomerus dombeyanusHaas (1969), Burch (1975), Howells et al. (1996), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Plectomerus dombeyanaOesch (1984)

Unio trapezoides Lea, 1831
Lea, 1831, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 4 [O. 1]: 69 [79], pl. 3, fig. 1.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_84103, Lake St. Joseph, Mis.

Unio trapezoidesLea (1831), Lea (1834), Jay (1835), Hanley (1843), Küster (1862), Reeve (1864), B.H. Wright (1888), Singley (1893), Call (1895), Pilsbry & Rhoads (1896)
Unio trapezoïdesFerussac (1835)
Margarita (Unio) trapezoidesLea (1836), Lea (1838)
Complanaria trapeziusAgassiz (1852)
Margaron (Unio) trapezoidesLea (1852), Lea (1870)
Plectomerus crassidensConrad (1853)
Unio (Diplodon) trapezoidesAdams & Adams (1857)
Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta) trapezoidesSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (s.s.) trapezoidesCall (1900)
Quadrula trapezoidesOrtmann (1909)
Crenodonta trapezoidesOrtmann (1912)
Plectomerus trapezoidesOrtmann & Walker (1922)
Amblema (Plectomerus) dombeyanaFrierson (1927)
Plectomerus dombeyanusHaas (1969), Burch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Howells et al. (1996), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Williams et al. (2014), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Plectomerus dombeyanaOesch (1984), Vidrine (1993)

Unio dombeiana Ferussac, 1835
‘Valenciennes’ of Authors.
Ferussac, 1835, Mag. Zool. 5: 27, 33.
Hanley, 1843, Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 175.
(error for Unio dombeyana Humboldt & Bonpland, 1827)

Unio dombeianaFerussac (1835)

Complanaria trapezius Agassiz, 1852
Agassiz, 1852, Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 49.
(error for Unio trapezoides Lea, 1831)

Complanaria trapeziusAgassiz (1852)

Quadrula trapezoides var. pentagonoides Frierson, 1902
Frierson, 1902, Nautilus 16: 39.
Frierson, 1927, Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 62 [as ‘A. (Plectomerus) dombeyana’].
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio trapezoides Lea, 1831)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_128928, Lake Charles, La.

Quadrula trapezoides var. pentagonoidesFrierson (1902)
Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta) trapezoides var. pentagonoidesSimpson (1914)
Amblema (Plectomerus) dombeyanaFrierson (1927)
Plectomerus dombeyanusHaas (1969), Parmalee & Bogan (1998)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta) trapezoidesSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (s.s.) trapezoidesCall (1900)
Bariosta ponderosusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Quadrula trapezoides var. pentagonoidesFrierson (1902)
Quadrula trapezoidesOrtmann (1909)
Crenodonta trapezoidesOrtmann (1912)
Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta) trapezoides var. pentagonoidesSimpson (1914)
Plectomerus trapezoidesOrtmann & Walker (1922)
Amblema (Plectomerus) dombeyanaFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Amblema dombeyanaThiele (1934)
Plectomerus dombeyanaR.I. Johnson (1969), Oesch (1984), Vidrine (1993)
Plectomerus dombeyanusHaas (1969), Burch (1975), Gordon et al. (1979), R.I. Johnson (1980), ..., FMCS (2021), Stodola et al. (2021), Graf & Cummings (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)
Amblema dombeyanusDavis & Fuller (1981)

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