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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Fusconaia flava

nominal species Obliquaria (Sintoxia) lateralis Rafinesque, 1820

Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 310 [also as ‘U. lateralis’].
Rafinesque, 1864, [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 53.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_20247, Riv. Kentucky.

= Fusconaia flava

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820) — Watters et al., 2009
+ Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998
+ Fusconaia undata (Barnes, 1823) — R.I. Johnson, 1980
+ Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Burch, 1975
+ Fusconaia undata undata (Barnes, 1823) — Haas, 1969
= Fusconaia lateralis Rafinesque, 1820 — Morrison, 1969
+ Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) undata (Barnes, 1823) — Frierson, 1927
+ Pleurobema cordata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Ortmann & Walker, 1922
+ Quadrula obliqua Lam. — Vanatta, 1915
- NO OPINION — Simpson, 1914
- NO OPINION — Simpson, 1900
= Unio (Limnium sec. Sintoxia) lateralis (Rafinesque) — Fischer, 1887
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1870
- NO OPINION — Conrad, 1853
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1852
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1836
= Unio lateralis Raf. — Ferussac, 1835
= Obliquaria (Sintoxia) lateralis — Rafinesque, 1820

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