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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 (1923), 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. The MUSSEL Project Database has moved to a new server, with a new URL! The new address for this page is: https://musselpdb.org/db.php?ty=publ&id=2061
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Publication information
Ortmann, A.E. 1923. The anatomy and taxonomy of certain Unioninae and Anodontinae from the Gulf Drainage. Nautilus 36(3): 73-84.
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Attributed Genus Names
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.) = Alasminota holstonia |
Taxonomic Opinions
Amblema perplicatus (Conrad)
Amblema perplicatus elliotti (Lea, 1856)
Fusconaia barnesiana
Fusconaia barnesiana var. bigbyensis (Lea)
Fusconaia ozarkensis (Call)
Fusconaia succissa (Lea)
Lasmigona (Alasminota) holstonia (Lea, 1839)
+ Sulcularia badia Rafinesque, 1831
+ Margaritana etowahensis Lea, 1858
+ Margaritana georgiana Lea, 1859
Megalonaias heros Say
Megalonaias triumphans (Wright)
Pleurobema georgianum (Lea, 1841)
+ Unio favosus Lea, 1857
Pleurobema hagleri (Frierson, 1900)
Pleurobema modicum (Lea, 1857)
+ Unio striatus Lea, 1840
+ Unio amabilis Lea, 1865
Pleurobema patsaligense Simpson, 1900
Quadrula asperata (Lea, 1861)
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