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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Eurynia dilatata

nominal species Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) sinuata Rafinesque, 1820

Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 321 [also as ‘Unio sinuata’].
Rafinesque, 1864, [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 63.
(renamed Unio cultratus Rafinesque, 1831)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_20252, Kentucky River.

= Eurynia dilatata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Watters et al., 2009
= Obliquaria sinuata Rafinesque, 1820 — Burch, 1975
+ Ptychobranchus (s.s.) fasciolare (Rafinesque, 1820) — Frierson, 1927
+ Unio dilatata Raf. — Vanatta, 1915
- NO OPINION — Simpson, 1914
- NO OPINION — Simpson, 1900
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1870
+ Unio fasciolaris Raf. — Conrad, 1853
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1852
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1836
+ Unio phaseolus Hildr., Say — Ferussac, 1835
+ Bariosta cultratus (Rafinesque, 1831) — Rafinesque, 1831
= Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) sinuata — Rafinesque, 1820

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