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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Amblemini | Reginaia ebenus

nominal species Obliquaria (Rotundaria) pusilla Rafinesque, 1820

Rafinesque, 1818, Amer. Mon. Mag. 3: 355 [as ‘Potamilus pusillus’]. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 308 [also as ‘Unio pusilla’].
Rafinesque, 1864, [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 23, 52.

= Reginaia ebenus

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Fusconaia ebena (Lea, 1831) — He & Zhuang, 2013
+ Fusconaia ebena (Lea, 1831) — R.I. Johnson, 1980
= Obliquaria pusilla Rafinesque, 1820 — Burch, 1975
= Fusconaia pusilla Rafinesque, 1820 — Morrison, 1969
+ Unio buxeus Lea — Vanatta, 1915
- NO OPINION — Simpson, 1914
- NO OPINION — Simpson, 1900
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1870
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1852
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1836
+ Unio subrotundus Raf. — Ferussac, 1835
= Obliquaria (Rotundaria) pusilla — Rafinesque, 1820
= Potamilus pusillus — Rafinesque, 1818

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