MolluscaBase - Truncilla Rafinesque, 1819

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Truncilla Rafinesque, 1819

AphiaID

856863 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:856863)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 1820 (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Lampsilini Ihering, 1901

Original name

Unio (Truncilla) Rafinesque, 1819

Synonymised names

Amygdalonaias Crosse & P. Fischer, 1894 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Amygdalonajas Crosse & P. Fischer, 1894 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Plagiola (Amygdalonaias) Crosse & P. Fischer, 1894 · unaccepted

Troncilla Rafinesque, 1819 · unaccepted

Truncilla (Truncilla) Rafinesque, 1819 · alternative representation

Unio (Truncilla) Rafinesque, 1819 · unaccepted (original rank)

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Species Truncilla cognata (I. Lea, 1860)
Species Truncilla donaciformis (I. Lea, 1827)
Species Truncilla macrodon (I. Lea, 1859)
Species Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 1820
Subgenus Truncilla (Dysnomia) Agassiz, 1852 accepted as Epioblasma Rafinesque, 1831
1. Species Truncilla (Dysnomia) foliata (Hildreth, 1828) accepted as Epioblasma flexuosa (Rafinesque, 1820)
2. Species Truncilla (Dysnomia) lewisii (B. Walker, 1910) accepted as Epioblasma lewisii (B. Walker, 1910) (unaccepted combination)
3. Species Truncilla (Dysnomia) stewardsoni (I. Lea, 1852) accepted as Epioblasma stewardsonii (I. Lea, 1852)
Subgenus Truncilla (Pilea) C. T. Simpson, 1900 accepted as Epioblasma Rafinesque, 1831 (junior subjective synonym)
1. Species Truncilla (Pilea) biemarginata (I. Lea, 1857) accepted as Epioblasma biemarginata (I. Lea, 1857)
2. Species Truncilla (Pilea) capsaeformis (I. Lea, 1834) accepted as Epioblasma capsaeformis (I. Lea, 1834) (recombination)
3. Species Truncilla (Pilea) deviata (Reeve, 1864) accepted as Epioblasma turgidula (I. Lea, 1858)
4. Species Truncilla (Pilea) florentina (I. Lea, 1857) accepted as Epioblasma florentina (I. Lea, 1857)
5. Species Truncilla (Pilea) perplexa (I. Lea, 1834) accepted as Epioblasma torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820)
6. Species Truncilla (Pilea) personata (Say, 1829) accepted as Epioblasma personata (Say, 1829)
7. Species Truncilla (Pilea) propinqua (I. Lea, 1857) accepted as Epioblasma propinqua (I. Lea, 1857)
8. Species Truncilla (Pilea) sampsonii (I. Lea, 1862) accepted as Epioblasma sampsonii (I. Lea, 1862)
Subgenus Truncilla (Scalenaria) Rafinesque, 1820 accepted as Pleurobema Rafinesque, 1819
1. Species Truncilla (Scalenaria) haysiana (I. Lea, 1834) accepted as Epioblasma haysiana (I. Lea, 1834) (recombination)
2. Species Truncilla (Scalenaria) othcaloogensis (I. Lea, 1857) accepted as Epioblasma othcaloogensis (I. Lea, 1857)
3. Species Truncilla (Scalenaria) sulcata (I. Lea, 1829) accepted as Epioblasma obliquata (Rafinesque, 1820) (recombination)
Subgenus Truncilla (Scalenilla) Ortmann & B. Walker, 1922 accepted as Epioblasma Rafinesque, 1831
1. Species Truncilla (Scalenilla) haysiana (I. Lea, 1834) accepted as Epioblasma haysiana (I. Lea, 1834) (recombination)
2. Species Truncilla (Scalenilla) othcaloogensis (I. Lea, 1857) accepted as Epioblasma othcaloogensis (I. Lea, 1857)
3. Species Truncilla (Scalenilla) sulcata (I. Lea, 1829) accepted as Epioblasma obliquata (Rafinesque, 1820) (recombination)
Species Truncilla arcaeformis (I. Lea, 1831) accepted as Epioblasma arcaeformis (I. Lea, 1831) (recombination)
Species Truncilla biemarginata (I. Lea, 1857) accepted as Epioblasma biemarginata (I. Lea, 1857)
Species Truncilla brevidens (I. Lea, 1831) accepted as Epioblasma brevidens (I. Lea, 1831) (recombination)
Species Truncilla capsaeformis (I. Lea, 1834) accepted as Epioblasma capsaeformis (I. Lea, 1834) (recombination)
Species Truncilla compacta (I. Lea, 1859) accepted as Epioblasma metastriata (Conrad, 1838)
Species Truncilla curtisii Frierson & Utterback, 1916 accepted as Epioblasma curtisii (Frierson & Utterback, 1916) (original combination)
Species Truncilla deviata (Reeve, 1864) accepted as Epioblasma turgidula (I. Lea, 1858)
Species Truncilla florentina (I. Lea, 1857) accepted as Epioblasma florentina (I. Lea, 1857)
Species Truncilla foliata (Hildreth, 1828) accepted as Epioblasma flexuosa (Rafinesque, 1820)
Species Truncilla granulata Rafinesque, 1831 accepted as Epioblasma triquetra (Rafinesque, 1820)
Species Truncilla granulatus (I. Lea, 1861) accepted as Toxolasma paulum (I. Lea, 1840)
Species Truncilla haysiana (I. Lea, 1834) accepted as Epioblasma haysiana (I. Lea, 1834) (recombination)
Species Truncilla lefevrei Utterback, 1916 accepted as Epioblasma turgidula (I. Lea, 1858)
Species Truncilla lenior (I. Lea, 1842) accepted as Epioblasma lenior (I. Lea, 1842) (recombination)
Species Truncilla lewisii B. Walker, 1910 accepted as Epioblasma lewisii (B. Walker, 1910) (original combination)
Species Truncilla metaplata Rafinesque, 1831 accepted as Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 1820
Species Truncilla metastriata (Conrad, 1838) accepted as Epioblasma metastriata (Conrad, 1838)
Species Truncilla modicella (I. Lea, 1859) accepted as Epioblasma othcaloogensis (I. Lea, 1857)
Species Truncilla penita (Conrad, 1834) accepted as Epioblasma penita (Conrad, 1834)
Species Truncilla perplexa (I. Lea, 1834) accepted as Epioblasma torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820)
Species Truncilla propinqua (I. Lea, 1857) accepted as Epioblasma propinqua (I. Lea, 1857)
Species Truncilla rangiana (I. Lea, 1839) accepted as Epioblasma rangiana (I. Lea, 1838)
Species Truncilla stewardsonii (I. Lea, 1852) accepted as Epioblasma stewardsonii (I. Lea, 1852)
Species Truncilla sulcata (I. Lea, 1829) accepted as Epioblasma obliquata (Rafinesque, 1820) (recombination)
Species Truncilla triqueter Rafinesque, 1820 accepted as Epioblasma triquetra (Rafinesque, 1820) (original combination)
Species Truncilla turgidulus (I. Lea, 1858) accepted as Epioblasma turgidula (I. Lea, 1858)
Species Truncilla vermiculata (Rafinesque, 1820) accepted as Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 1820
Species Truncilla walkeri C. B. Wilson & H. W. Clark, 1914 accepted as Epioblasma walkeri (C. B. Wilson & H. W. Clark, 1914) (original combination)
Subgenus Truncilla (Truncilla) Rafinesque, 1819 represented as Truncilla Rafinesque, 1819
1. Species Truncilla (Truncilla) arcaeformis (I. Lea, 1831) accepted as Epioblasma arcaeformis (I. Lea, 1831) (recombination)
2. Species Truncilla (Truncilla) brevidens (I. Lea, 1831) accepted as Epioblasma brevidens (I. Lea, 1831) (recombination)
3. Species Truncilla (Truncilla) lenior (I. Lea, 1842) accepted as Epioblasma lenior (I. Lea, 1842) (recombination)
4. Species Truncilla (Truncilla) metastriata (Conrad, 1838) accepted as Epioblasma metastriata (Conrad, 1838)
5. Species Truncilla (Truncilla) modicella (I. Lea, 1859) accepted as Epioblasma othcaloogensis (I. Lea, 1857)
6. Species Truncilla (Truncilla) penita (Conrad, 1834) accepted as Epioblasma penita (Conrad, 1834)
7. Species Truncilla (Truncilla) triquetra (Rafinesque, 1820) accepted as Epioblasma triquetra (Rafinesque, 1820)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

(of Unio (Truncilla) Rafinesque, 1819) Rafinesque, C. S. (1819). Prodrome. De 70 nouveaux genres d'animaux découverts dans l'intérieur des Etats-Unis d'Amérique, durant l'année 1818. Journal de physique, de chimie, d'histoire naturelle et des arts. 88: 417-429., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6172335
page(s): 427 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Truncilla Rafinesque, 1819. Accessed at: http://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=856863 on 2025-03-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2015-10-16 08:33:15Z

created

Bieler, Rüdiger

2018-01-16 17:18:34Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2019-06-19 02:40:10Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2019-06-27 00:15:13Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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original description (of Amygdalonaias Crosse & P. Fischer, 1894) Fischer, P. & Crosse, H. (1870-1902). Études sur les mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles du Mexique et du Guatemala. Mission scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amerique Centrale. Recherches zoologiques, Partie 7 Volume 1: 702 pp., pls 1-31; volume 2: 731 pp., pls 32-72. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale. Published in 17 livraisons. Volume 1: 1-152, pls 1-6 (1870); 153-304, pls 7-12 (1872); 305-464, pls 13-20 (1873); 465-546, pls 21-24 (1875); 547-624, pls 25-28 (1877); 625-702, pls 29-31 (1878). Volume 2: 1-80, pls 32-36 (1880); 81-128, pls 37-42 (1886); 129-176, pls 43-46 (1888); 177-256, pls 47-48 (1890); 257-312, pls 49-52 (1891); 313-392, pls 53-54 (1892); 393-656, pls 55-66 (1894); 657-731, pls 67-72 (1902). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32561855, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32161386
page(s): 557 [details]

original description (of Unio (Truncilla) Rafinesque, 1819) Rafinesque, C. S. (1819). Prodrome. De 70 nouveaux genres d'animaux découverts dans l'intérieur des Etats-Unis d'Amérique, durant l'année 1818. Journal de physique, de chimie, d'histoire naturelle et des arts. 88: 417-429., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6172335
page(s): 427 [details]

basis of record Campbell, D. C. & Lydeard, C. (2012). The genera of Pleurobemini (Bivalvia: Unionidae: Ambleminae). American Malacological Bulletin. 30(1): 19-38. [details]