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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Obovaria subrotunda

nominal species Unio (Aximedia) levigata Rafinesque, 1820

Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 296, pl. 80, fig. 11-13 [also as ‘Elliptio levigata’].
Rafinesque, 1864, [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 42.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_20255, Kentucky River.

= Obovaria subrotunda

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Obovaria subrotunda (Rafinesque, 1820) — Watters et al., 2009
+ Obovaria subrotunda (Rafinesque, 1820) — Williams et al., 2008
+ Obovaria subrotunda (Rafinesque, 1820) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998
+ Obovaria subrotunda (Rafinesque, 1820) — R.I. Johnson, 1980
- NO OPINION — Burch, 1975
= Obovaria (s.s.) levigata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Haas, 1969
= Obovaria (s.s.) levigata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Frierson, 1927
- NO OPINION — Ortmann & Walker, 1922
= Obovaria (s.s.) subrotunda levigata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Ortmann, 1918
= Obovaria levigata Raf. — Vanatta, 1915
- NO OPINION — Simpson, 1914
- NO OPINION — Simpson, 1900
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1870
= Unio lævigatus [sic] Raf. — Conrad, 1853
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1852
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1836
= Unio lævigatus [sic] Raf. — Ferussac, 1835
= Obliquaria (Aximedia) levigata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Rafinesque, 1831
= Unio (Aximedia) levigata — Rafinesque, 1820

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