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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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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Plethobasus

species Plethobasus cyphyus (Rafinesque, 1820): nominal species
     3 specimens available.

Obliquaria (Quadrula) cyphya Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 305 [also as ‘U. cyphia’].
Rafinesque, 1864, [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 49.
(correct name for Unio cyphia Rafinesque, 1820)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_20239, River Ohio.

Obliquaria (Quadrula) cyphyaRafinesque (1820)
Unio cyphiaFerussac (1835)
Unio cyphiusConrad (1840), Conrad (1853), Reeve (1864)
Quadrula cyphiusAgassiz (1852)
Unio scyphiusKüster (1861)
Unio (sec. Rotundaria) cyphyaPaetel (1890)
Unio (s.s.) cyphyusCall (1900)
Pleurobema cyphyaVanatta (1915)
Plethobasus cyphyusOrtmann (1918), Ortmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), ..., Klymus et al. (2020), FMCS (2021), Graf & Cummings (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)
Pleurobema (Plethobasus) cyphyumFrierson (1927)
Plethobasus cyphusCampbell et al. (2005)

Unio compertus Frierson, 1911
Frierson, 1911, Nautilus 25(5): 53, pl. 3, middle & lower figs.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE UMMZ_80525, Holston River, Tennessee.

Unio compertusFrierson (1911)
Pleurobema (sec. Plethobasus) compertumSimpson (1914)
Plethobasus cyphyus compertusOrtmann (1918), Ortmann (1924)
Pleurobema (Plethobasus) compertumFrierson (1927)
Plethobasus compertusHaas (1969)
Plethobasus cyphyusR.I. Johnson (1980), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)

Unio cyphia Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 305.
(incorrect original spelling of Obliquaria (Quadrula) cyphya Rafinesque, 1820)

Unio cyphiaRafinesque (1820)
Unio cicatricosusFerussac (1835)
Margaron (Unio) æsopusLea (1852), Lea (1870)
Pleurobema (sec. Plethobasus) aesopusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Plethobasus aesopusUtterback (1915)
Plethobasus cyphyusOrtmann & Walker (1922), Oesch (1984), Watters et al. (2009)

Unio aesopus Green, 1827
Green, 1827, Contrib. Maclurian Lyceum 1: 46, fig. 3.

Unio aesopusGreen (1827), Ravenel (1834)
Unio æsopusLea (1829), Jay (1835), Hanley (1843), Lewis (1871), B.H. Wright (1888)
Unio cyphiaFerussac (1835)
Margarita (Unio) aesopusLea (1836), Lea (1838)
Unio cyphiusConrad (1840), Conrad (1853), Reeve (1864)
Unio (s.s.) ÆsopusSwainson (1840)
Margaron (Unio) æsopusLea (1852), Lea (1870)
Unio (Rotundaria) æsopusAdams & Adams (1857)
Unio (sec. Rotundaria) cyphyaPaetel (1890)
Pleurobema (sec. Plethobasus) aesopusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (s.s.) cyphyusCall (1900)
Pleurobema aesopusOrtmann (1909), Ortmann (1910)
Pleurobema æsopusOrtmann (1909)
Plethobasus aesopusOrtmann (1912), Utterback (1915), Thiele (1934)
Pleurobema cyphyaVanatta (1915)
Plethobasus cyphyusOrtmann & Walker (1922), F.C. Baker (1928), Murray & Leonard (1962), Haas (1969), ..., Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), Campbell & Lydeard (2012), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Pleurobema (Plethobasus) cyphyumFrierson (1927)

Unio cicatricosus Conrad, 1834
‘Say’ Conrad, 1834, New Fresh-Water Shells: ??.
‘Say’ Conrad, 1840, Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(13): 115, pl. 64.
(misidentified reference to Unio cicatricosus Say, 1829)

Unio cicatricosusConrad (1834)
Margarita (Unio) aesopusLea (1836), Lea (1838)
Margaron (Unio) æsopusLea (1852), Lea (1870)

Unio scyphius Küster, 1861
‘Rafinesque’ Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 181.
(error for Obliquaria (Quadrula) cyphya Rafinesque, 1820)

Unio scyphiusKüster (1861)
Pleurobema (sec. Plethobasus) aesopusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Pleurobema (Plethobasus) cyphyumFrierson (1927)
Plethobasus cyphyusHaas (1969), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Watters et al. (2009)

Unio varicosus Lewis, 1871
‘Lea’ Lewis, 1871, Amer. J. Conch. 6: 219.
(misidentified reference to Unio varicosus Lea, 1831)

Unio varicosusLewis (1871)
Plethobasus cyphyus compertusOrtmann (1918)

Unio esopus de Gregorio, 1914
‘Green’ de Gregorio, 1914, Il Nat. Siciliano 2: 58.
(error for Unio aesopus Green, 1827)

Unio esopusde Gregorio (1914)

Plethobasus cyphus Campbell et al., 2005
‘Rafinesque’ Campbell et al., 2005, Invert. Biol. 124(2): 154.
(error for Obliquaria (Quadrula) cyphya Rafinesque, 1820)

Plethobasus cyphusCampbell et al. (2005)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Unio (s.s.) cyphyusCall (1900)
Pleurobema (sec. Plethobasus) aesopusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Pleurobema aesopusOrtmann (1909), Ortmann (1910)
Pleurobema æsopusOrtmann (1909)
Unio compertusFrierson (1911)
Plethobasus aesopusOrtmann (1912), Utterback (1915), Thiele (1934)
Pleurobema (sec. Plethobasus) compertumSimpson (1914)
Unio esopusde Gregorio (1914)
Pleurobema cyphyaVanatta (1915)
Plethobasus cyphyusOrtmann (1918), Ortmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), ..., Klymus et al. (2020), FMCS (2021), Graf & Cummings (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)
Plethobasus cyphyus compertusOrtmann (1918), Ortmann (1924)
Pleurobema (Plethobasus) cyphyumFrierson (1927)
Pleurobema (Plethobasus) compertumFrierson (1927)
Plethobasus compertusHaas (1969)
Plethobasus cyphusCampbell et al. (2005)

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