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Amblema Rafinesque, 1820
747064 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:747064)
accepted
Genus
Amblema costata Rafinesque, 1820 accepted as Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) (type by subsequent designation)
Amblema (Amblema) Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted
Cokeria W. B. Marshall, 1916 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Species Amblema cretacollis (Maury, 1902) †
- Species Amblema elliottii (I. Lea, 1857)
- Species Amblema goniambonatus (C. A. White, 1878) †
- Species Amblema gonionotus (C. A. White, 1876) †
- Species Amblema nebrascensis (Meek, 1871) †
- Species Amblema neislerii (I. Lea, 1858)
- Species Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)
- Species Amblema reesidei (Stanton, 1916) †
- Species Amblema trigoniaformis (Maury, 1902) †
- Subgenus Amblema (Amblema) Rafinesque, 1820 accepted as Amblema Rafinesque, 1820
- Species Amblema (Amblema) plicata (Say, 1817) represented as Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)
- Subgenus Amblema (Megalonaias) Utterback, 1915 accepted as Megalonaias Utterback, 1915
- Species Amblema (Megalonaias) gigantea (Barnes, 1823) accepted as Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820)
- Species Amblema (Megalonaias) heros (Say, 1829) accepted as Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820)
- Species Amblema (Megalonaias) triumphans (B. H. Wright, 1898) accepted as Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820)
- Subgenus Amblema (Plectomerus) Conrad, 1853 accepted as Plectomerus Conrad, 1853 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subgenus Amblema (Psorula) F. Haas, 1930 accepted as Psorula F. Haas, 1930 (original rank)
- Species Amblema antrosa Rafinesque, 1820 accepted as Reginaia ebenus (I. Lea, 1831)
- Species Amblema baueri (Stanton, 1916) † accepted as Unio baueri Stanton, 1916 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Amblema boykiniana (I. Lea, 1840) accepted as Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820)
- Species Amblema costata Rafinesque, 1820 accepted as Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Amblema dombeyana (Valenciennes, 1827) accepted as Plectomerus dombeyanus (Valenciennes, 1827)
- Species Amblema gibbosa Rafinesque, 1820 accepted as Epioblasma torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820)
- Species Amblema gigantea (Barnes, 1823) accepted as Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820)
- Species Amblema olivaria Rafinesque, 1820 accepted as Obovaria olivaria (Rafinesque, 1820)
- Species Amblema perplicata (Conrad, 1841) accepted as Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Amblema perplicatus (Conrad, 1841) accepted as Amblema perplicata (Conrad, 1841) accepted as Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)
- Species Amblema peruviana (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)
- Species Amblema porcata (MacNeil, 1935) † accepted as Megalonoidea porcata MacNeil, 1935 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Amblema rariplicata (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)
- Species Amblema rugicosta (MacNeil, 1935) † accepted as Megalonoidea rugicosta MacNeil, 1935 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Amblema torulosa Rafinesque, 1820 accepted as Epioblasma torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820)
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Rafinesque C.S. (1820). Monographie des coquilles bivalves et fluviatiles de la Rivière Ohio, contenant douze genres et soixante-huit espéces. <em>Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques.</em> 5(5): 287-322, pls 80-82., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k991081/f2.image
page(s): 314 [details]
page(s): 314 [details]
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original description
Rafinesque C.S. (1820). Monographie des coquilles bivalves et fluviatiles de la Rivière Ohio, contenant douze genres et soixante-huit espéces. <em>Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques.</em> 5(5): 287-322, pls 80-82., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k991081/f2.image
page(s): 314 [details]
original description (of Cokeria W. B. Marshall, 1916) Marshall, W. B. (1916). A new genus and species of naiad from the James River at Huron, South Dakota. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 29(12): 133-135, pl. 4., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1815840 [details]
basis of record Williams, J. D., Bogan, A. E. & Garner, J. T. (2008). Freshwater mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. <em>University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.</em> 908 pp. [details]
subsequent type designation Frierson, L. S. (1914). Remarks on classification of the Unionidae. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 28(1): 6-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1750459
page(s): 7; note: type species fixation [details]
page(s): 314 [details]
original description (of Cokeria W. B. Marshall, 1916) Marshall, W. B. (1916). A new genus and species of naiad from the James River at Huron, South Dakota. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 29(12): 133-135, pl. 4., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1815840 [details]
basis of record Williams, J. D., Bogan, A. E. & Garner, J. T. (2008). Freshwater mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. <em>University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.</em> 908 pp. [details]
subsequent type designation Frierson, L. S. (1914). Remarks on classification of the Unionidae. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 28(1): 6-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1750459
page(s): 7; note: type species fixation [details]
