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Unionidae

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Publication R.I. Johnson (1969): summary

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Full Citation

Johnson, R.I. 1969. Illustrations of Lamarck's types of North American Unionidae mostly in the Paris Museum. Nautilus 83(2): 52-61. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Actinonaias ligamentina (Lamarck, 1819) = Ortmanniana ligamentina
+ Unio crassidens Lamarck, 1819

Amblema plicata (Say, 1819)
+ Unio rariplicata Lamarck, 1819

Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786)
+ Unio carinifera Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio coarctata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio georgina Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio glabrata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio purpurascens Lamarck, 1819

Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck, 1819)

Glebula rotundata (Lamarck, 1819)
+ Unio suborbiculata Lamarck, 1819

Lampsilis radiata radiata (Gmelin, 1791) = Lampsilis radiata
+ Unio luteola Lamarck, 1819

Lampsilis recta (Lamarck, 1819) = Ligumia recta

Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819)

Plectomerus dombeyana (Valenciennes, 1827) = Plectomerus dombeyanus
+ Unio crassidens Lamarck, 1819

Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819)

Pleurobema cordatus (Rafinesque, 1820) = Pleurobema cordatum
+ Unio obliqua Lamarck, 1819

Quadrula cylindrica (Say, 1817) = Theliderma cylindrica
+ Unio naviformis Lamarck, 1819