Marine Species Traits - Eurynia Rafinesque, 1819

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Eurynia Rafinesque, 1819

AphiaID

856831 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:856831)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Unio (Eurynia) dilatata Rafinesque, 1820 accepted as Eurynia dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Pleurobemini Hannibal, 1912

Original name

Unio (Eurynia) Rafinesque, 1819

Synonymised names

Elliptio (Eurynaia) Rafinesque, 1819 · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling)

Elliptio (Eurynia) Rafinesque, 1819 · unaccepted

Lampsilis (Eurynia) Rafinesque, 1819 · unaccepted

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

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Species Eurynia dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820)
Species Eurynia felchii (C. A. White, 1886) †
Subgenus Eurynia (Micromya) Agassiz, 1852 accepted as Paetulunio Watters, 2018
1. Species Eurynia (Micromya) arkansasensis (I. Lea, 1862) accepted as Obovaria arkansasensis (I. Lea, 1862)
2. Species Eurynia (Micromya) constricta (Conrad, 1838) accepted as Villosa constricta (Conrad, 1838) accepted as Venustaconcha constricta (Conrad, 1838)
3. Species Eurynia (Micromya) ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) accepted as Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836)
4. Species Eurynia (Micromya) lienosa (Conrad, 1834) accepted as Villosa lienosa (Conrad, 1834) accepted as Leaunio lienosus lienosus (Conrad, 1834)
5. Species Eurynia (Micromya) nebulosa (Conrad, 1834) accepted as Villosa nebulosa (Conrad, 1834) accepted as Cambarunio nebulosus (Conrad, 1834)
6. Species Eurynia (Micromya) perpurpurea (I. Lea, 1861) accepted as Villosa perpurpurea (I. Lea, 1861) accepted as Venustaconcha trabalis (Conrad, 1834)
7. Species Eurynia (Micromya) pleasi (W. A. Marsh, 1891) accepted as Venustaconcha pleasii (W. A. Marsh, 1891) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
8. Species Eurynia (Micromya) vanuxemensis (I. Lea, 1838) accepted as Villosa vanuxemensis (I. Lea, 1838) accepted as Leaunio vanuxemensis (I. Lea, 1838) (recombination)
9. Species Eurynia (Micromya) venusta (I. Lea, 1838) accepted as Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) (recombination)
Species Eurynia felchi [sic] † accepted as Eurynia felchii (C. A. White, 1886) † (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
Species Eurynia silberlingi (L. S. Russell, 1934) † accepted as Elliptio silberlingi L. S. Russell, 1934 † accepted as Plesielliptio silberlingi (L. S. Russell, 1934) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Eurynia subrostrata (Say, 1831) accepted as Ligumia subrostrata (Say, 1831) accepted as Sagittunio subrostratus (Say, 1831)
Species Eurynia supragibbosa (Whiteaves, 1885) † accepted as Plesielliptio supragibbosus (Whiteaves, 1885) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

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

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

(of Unio (Eurynia) 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): 426 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Eurynia Rafinesque, 1819. Accessed at: http://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=856831 on 2025-05-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2015-10-16 08:33:15Z

created

Bieler, Rüdiger

2019-06-18 19:19:14Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2019-06-29 08:20:27Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description (of Unio (Eurynia) 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): 426 [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]

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eurynia)
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