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

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Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Quadrulini | Quadrulina | Pustulosa pustulosa

nominal species Obliquaria (Quadrula) retusa Rafinesque, 1820

Rafinesque, 1818, Amer. Mon. Mag. 3: 355 [as ‘Potamilus retusus’]. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1819, Jour. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. 88: 427 [as ‘U. (Obovaria) retusa’]. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 306, pl. 81, figs. 19-20 [also as ‘Unio retusa’].
Rafinesque, 1864, [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 22, 29, 50.
(renamed Unio premorsus Rafinesque, 1831)
Type(s): NEOTYPE ANSP_20220, Green River.

= Pustulosa pustulosa

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Cyclonaias pustulosa (Lea, 1831) — Lopes-Lima et al., 2019
+ Cyclonaias pustulosa (Lea, 1831) — Johnson et al., 2018
+ Quadrula pustulosa pustulosa (Lea, 1831) — Watters et al., 2009
+ Quadrula pustulosa (Lea, 1831) — Williams et al., 2008
= Obliquaria retusa Rafinesque, 1820 — Burch, 1975
+ Quadrula pustulosa (Lea, 1831) — Ortmann & Walker, 1922
+ Quadrula pustulosa Lea — Vanatta, 1915
= Obovaria retusa Rafinesque, 1820 — Simpson, 1914
= Obovaria retusa Rafinesque, 1820 — Simpson, 1900
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1870
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1852
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1836
= Unio retusus Raf. — Ferussac, 1835
+ Obliquaria (Quadrula) premorsus (Rafinesque, 1831) — Rafinesque, 1831
= Obliquaria (Quadrula) retusa — Rafinesque, 1820
= Unio (Obovaria) retusa — Rafinesque, 1819
= Potamilus retusus — Rafinesque, 1818

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