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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 | Pleurobema

species Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820): nominal species
     1 specimen available.

Obovaria cordata Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 312, pl. 82, figs. 6-7 [also as ‘Unio cordata’].
Rafinesque, 1864, [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 55.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_20221, Ohio River.

Obovaria cordataRafinesque (1820), Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio cordatusFerussac (1835), Conrad (1836), Küster (1852), Conrad (1853), B.H. Wright (1888)
Margarita (Unio) obliquaLea (1836)
Margarita (Unio) obliquusLea (1838)
Margaron (Unio) obliquusLea (1852), Lea (1870)
Quadrula cordataVanatta (1915)
Pleurobema obliqua cordatumOrtmann (1918)
Pleurobema cordataOrtmann & Walker (1922), Davis & Fuller (1981)
Pleurobema cordatumOrtmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), Burch (1975), Mathiak (1979), ..., Klymus et al. (2020), FMCS (2021), Graf & Cummings (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)
Quadrula (Obliquata) cordataFrierson (1927), Haas (1930)
Quadrula (Obliquata) cordata cordataHaas (1969)
Pleurobema obliquumMorrison (1969)
Pleurobema (Sintoxia) cordatumCampbell & Lydeard (2012), Campbell & Lydeard (2012), Burlakova et al. (2012)
Pleurobema cordatum cordatumITIS (2012)

Unio obliqua Lamarck, 1819
Lamarck, 1819, Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 72, sp. 8.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MPL_0041, Wabash.

Unio obliquaLamarck (1819), Ferussac (1835)
Unio undatusBarnes (1823), Lea (1834)
Unio obliquusMenke (1828), Menke (1830), Conrad (1837), Hanley (1843), ..., Küster (1861), B.H. Wright (1888), Call (1895), Pilsbry & Rhoads (1896)
Margarita (Unio) obliquaLea (1836)
Margarita (Unio) obliquusLea (1838)
Unio (s.s.) obliquaSwainson (1840)
Margaron (Unio) obliquusLea (1852), Lea (1870)
Unio (Lampsilis) obliquusAdams & Adams (1857)
Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) obliquaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (s.s.) obliquusCall (1900)
Quadrula obliquaOrtmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Vanatta (1915)
Pleurobema obliquaOrtmann (1910), Ortmann (1918)
Pleurobema obliquumOrtmann (1912), Utterback (1915), Morrison (1969)
Pleurobema cordataOrtmann & Walker (1922)
Quadrula (Obliquata) cordata cordataHaas (1969)
Pleurobema cordatusR.I. Johnson (1969)
Pleurobema cordatumR.I. Johnson (1980), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)

Obovaria cordata var. rosea Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 312.
Rafinesque, 1864, [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 56.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Obovaria cordata Rafinesque, 1820; homonym of Obovaria striata var. rosea Rafinesque, 1820)

Obovaria cordata var. roseaRafinesque (1820)
Pleurobema cordatumWilliams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)

Unio mytiloides Short & Eaton, 1831
‘Rafinesque’ Short & Eaton, 1831, Transylvania J. Med. Assoc. Sci. 1831: 74.
(misidentified reference to Pleurobema mytiloides Rafinesque, 1820)

Unio mytiloidesShort & Eaton (1831)
Margarita (Unio) obliquaLea (1836)
Margarita (Unio) obliquusLea (1838)
Margaron (Unio) obliquusLea (1852), Lea (1870)
Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) obliquaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Quadrula (Obliquata) cordataFrierson (1927)
Pleurobema cordatumParmalee & Bogan (1998), Watters et al. (2009)

Unio obliquus Call, 1900
‘Lamarck’ of Authors.
Call, 1900, Ind. Dept. Geol. Nat. Res. (1899): 501, pl. 57.
Ortmann, 1912, Ann. Carnegie Mus. 8: 264.
(reference to Unio obliqua Lamarck, 1819)

Unio obliquusCall (1900)
Pleurobema obliquumUtterback (1915)
Quadrula (Obliquata) cordataFrierson (1927)
Pleurobema cordatumWatters et al. (2009)

Fusconaia flava Burdick & White, 2007
‘Rafinesque’ Burdick & White, 2007, J. Moll. Studies 73: 371.
(misidentified reference to Obliquaria (Quadrula) flava Rafinesque, 1820)

Fusconaia flavaBurdick & White (2007)
Pleurobema (Sintoxia) cordatumCampbell & Lydeard (2012)
Pleurobema cordatumInoue et al. (2018)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) obliquaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (s.s.) obliquusCall (1900)
Obovaria cordataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio obliquusCall (1900)
Quadrula obliquaOrtmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Vanatta (1915)
Pleurobema obliquaOrtmann (1910), Ortmann (1918)
Pleurobema obliquumOrtmann (1912), Utterback (1915), Morrison (1969)
Quadrula cordataVanatta (1915)
Pleurobema obliqua cordatumOrtmann (1918)
Pleurobema cordataOrtmann & Walker (1922), Davis & Fuller (1981)
Pleurobema cordatumOrtmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), Burch (1975), Mathiak (1979), ..., Klymus et al. (2020), FMCS (2021), Graf & Cummings (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)
Quadrula (Obliquata) cordataFrierson (1927), Haas (1930)
Quadrula (Obliquata) cordata cordataHaas (1969)
Pleurobema cordatusR.I. Johnson (1969)
Fusconaia flavaBurdick & White (2007)
Pleurobema (Sintoxia) cordatumCampbell & Lydeard (2012), Campbell & Lydeard (2012), Burlakova et al. (2012)
Pleurobema cordatum cordatumITIS (2012)

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