Marine Species Traits - Amblema Rafinesque, 1820

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Amblema Rafinesque, 1820

AphiaID

747064 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:747064)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Amblema costata Rafinesque, 1820 accepted as Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Amblemini Rafinesque, 1820

Original name

Amblema Rafinesque, 1820

Synonymised names

Amblema (Amblema) Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted

Cokeria W. B. Marshall, 1916 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

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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
1. Species Amblema (Amblema) plicata (Say, 1817) represented as Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)
Subgenus Amblema (Megalonaias) Utterback, 1915 accepted as Megalonaias Utterback, 1915
1. Species Amblema (Megalonaias) gigantea (Barnes, 1823) accepted as Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820)
2. Species Amblema (Megalonaias) heros (Say, 1829) accepted as Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820)
3. 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 superseded rank)
1. Species Amblema (Plectomerus) dombeyana (Valenciennes, 1827) accepted as Plectomerus dombeyanus (Valenciennes, 1827)
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 superseded combination)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)

Environment

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

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Rafinesque C.S. (1820). Monographie des coquilles bivalves et fluviatiles de la Rivière Ohio, contenant douze genres et soixante-huit espéces. Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques. 5(5): 287-322, pls 80-82., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k991081/f2.image
page(s): 314 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Amblema Rafinesque, 1820. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=747064 on 2025-05-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2014-01-24 18:18:55Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2015-10-16 08:04:45Z

changed

Bieler, Rüdiger

2019-06-18 12:55:44Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2019-06-24 16:19:05Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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Nomenclature

original description Rafinesque C.S. (1820). Monographie des coquilles bivalves et fluviatiles de la Rivière Ohio, contenant douze genres et soixante-huit espéces. Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques. 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. The Nautilus. 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. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa. 908 pp. [details]

Other

subsequent type designation Frierson, L. S. (1914). Remarks on classification of the Unionidae. The Nautilus. 28(1): 6-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1750459
page(s): 7; note: type species fixation [details]

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