MolluscaBase taxon details
Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819)
857348 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:857348)
accepted
Species
Margarita (Unio) retusus (Lamarck, 1819) · unaccepted
Margaron (Unio) retusus (Lamarck, 1819) · unaccepted
Obovaria (Obovaria) retusa (Lamarck, 1819) · unaccepted
Obovaria torsa Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted
Obovaria torsa marginata Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted
Unio retusa Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted > superseded combination
(of Unio retusa Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 72 [details]
page(s): 72 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=857348 on 2025-06-30
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original description
(of Unio retusa Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 72 [details]
original description (of Obovaria torsa Rafinesque, 1820) 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): 311, pl. 82, figs 1-3 [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]
additional source InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
additional source Parmalee, P. W. & Klippel, W. E. (1982). A relic population of <i>Obovaria retusa</i> in the Middle Cumberland River, Tennessee. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 96(1): 30-32, fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8497581 [details]
page(s): 72 [details]
original description (of Obovaria torsa Rafinesque, 1820) 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): 311, pl. 82, figs 1-3 [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]
additional source InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
additional source Parmalee, P. W. & Klippel, W. E. (1982). A relic population of <i>Obovaria retusa</i> in the Middle Cumberland River, Tennessee. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 96(1): 30-32, fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8497581 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | ring pink | [details] |
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Obovaria torsa. Rafinesque, 1820. Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques 5: 311 - catalog no. 20256) (from synonym Obovaria torsa Rafinesque, 1820)
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Obovaria retusa)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered)
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Obovaria retusa)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
