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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication R.I. Johnson (1972): taxonomic opinions
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Johnson, R.I. 1972. The Unionidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) of peninsular Florida. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 16(4): 181-249.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta (Utterbackia) couperiana Lea, 1840 = Utterbackiana couperiana
+ Anodonta cowperiana Lea, 1840
+ Anodonta dunlapiana Lea, 1842

Anodonta (Utterbackia) peggyae Johnson, 1965 = Utterbackia peggyae

Carunculina parva (Barnes, 1823) = Toxolasma parvum
+ Unio paulus Lea, 1840
+ Unio minor Lea, 1843
+ Unio marginis Lea, 1865
+ Unio cromwellii Lea, 1865
+ Unio corvinus Lea, 1868
+ Unio stearnsii B.H. Wright, 1888
+ Unio singleyanus Marsh, 1891
+ Carunculina parva cahni F.C. Baker, 1927

Carunculina parva (Barnes, 1823) = Toxolasma paulum

Carunculina parva (Barnes, 1823) = Villosa amygdalum

Elliptio (s.s.) buckleyi (Lea, 1843) = Elliptio jayensis
+ Unio cunninghami B.H. Wright, 1883
+ Unio orcuttii S.H. Wright, 1888
+ Unio dallii B.H. Wright, 1888
+ Unio dorei B.H. Wright, 1888
+ Unio hinkleyi B.H. Wright, 1888
+ Unio ferrissii Marsh, 1891
+ Unio pinei B.H. Wright, 1897
+ Unio caloosaensis Dall, 1898
+ Unio subluridus Simpson, 1892
+ Unio tenuisculus Frierson, 1911
+ Unio (Elliptio) sanctorumjohanium B.H. Wright, 1933
+ Unio (Elliptio) webbianus B.H. Wright, 1934
+ Unio (Elliptio) webbianus hartii B.H. Wright, 1934

Elliptio (s.s.) dariensis (Lea, 1842) = Elliptio monroensis
+ Unio monroensis Lea, 1843
+ Unio websterii B.H. Wright, 1888
+ Unio hartwrightii B.H. Wright, 1896

Elliptio (s.s.) dariensis (Lea, 1842) = Elliptio dariensis

Elliptio (s.s.) icterina (Conrad, 1834) = Elliptio jayensis
+ Unio raveneli Conrad, 1834
+ Margarita (Unio) watereensis Lea, 1836
+ Unio confertus Lea, 1834
+ Unio lugubris Lea, 1838
+ Unio geddingsianus Lea, 1840
+ Unio fuscatus Lea, 1843
+ Unio occultus Lea, 1843
+ Unio limatulus Conrad, 1849
+ Unio tuomeyi Lea, 1852
+ Unio whiteianus Lea, 1852
+ Unio barrattii Lea, 1852
+ Unio pullatis Lea, 1857
+ Unio pullatus Lea, 1857
+ Unio coruscus Gould, 1856
+ Unio micans Lea, 1857
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Elliptio (s.s.) icterina (Conrad, 1834) = Elliptio occulta

Elliptio (s.s.) icterina (Conrad, 1834) = Elliptio arctata

Elliptio (s.s.) icterina (Conrad, 1834) = Elliptio icterina

Elliptio (s.s.) icterina (Conrad, 1834) = Elliptio pullata

Elliptio (s.s.) jayensis (Lea, 1838) = Elliptio jayensis
+ Unio aheneus Lea, 1843
+ Unio waltoni B.H. Wright, 1888
+ Unio marshii B.H. Wright, 1888
+ Unio tryoni B.H. Wright, 1888
+ Unio oscari B.H. Wright, 1892
+ Unio suttoni B.H. Wright, 1897
+ Unio buxtoni B.H. Wright, 1897

Elliptio (s.s.) jayensis (Lea, 1838) = Elliptio ahenea

Lampsilis (s.s.) teres (Rafinesque, 1920 [sic]) = Lampsilis teres
+ Unio anodontoides Lea, 1831
+ Unio floridensis Lea, 1852
+ Lampsilis fallaciosus Smith, 1899

Lampsilis (s.s.) teres (Rafinesque, 1920 [sic]) = Lampsilis floridensis

Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say, 1831) = Elliptio jayensis
+ Unio obesus Lea, 1831
+ Unio declivis Say, 1831
+ Unio camptodon Say, 1832
+ Unio geometricus Lea, 1834
+ Unio blandingianus Lea, 1834
+ Unio declivis Conrad, 1836
+ Unio excultus Conrad, 1838
+ Unio sayii Tappan, 1839
+ Unio parallelus Conrad, 1841
+ Unio porrectus Conrad, 1854
+ Unio buddianus Lea, 1843
+ Unio symmetricus Lea, 1845
+ Unio paludicolus Gould, 1845
+ Unio ineptus Lea, 1852
+ Unio hebes Lea, 1852
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Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say, 1831)

Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say, 1831) = Uniomerus declivis

Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say, 1831) = Uniomerus columbensis

Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say, 1831) = Uniomerus carolinianus

Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say, 1831) = Elliptio fumata

Villosa amygdala (Lea, 1843) = Villosa amygdalum
+ Unio trosculus Lea, 1843
+ Unio trossulus Lea, 1843
+ Unio papyraceus Gould, 1845
+ Unio lepidus Gould, 1856
+ Unio vesicularis Lea, 1872
+ Unio singleyanus Marsh, 1891

Villosa vibex (Conrad, 1834) = Leaunio lienosus
+ Unio modioliformis Lea, 1834
+ Unio exiguus Lea, 1840
+ Unio stagnalis Conrad, 1849
+ Unio prevostianus Lea, 1852
+ Unio nigrinus Lea, 1852
+ Unio gracilior Lea, 1857
+ Unio rutilans Lea, 1857
+ Unio subellipsis Lea, 1857
+ Unio sudus Lea, 1857
+ Unio obfuscus Lea, 1857
+ Unio dispar Lea, 1860
+ Unio averellii B.H. Wright, 1888

Villosa vibex (Conrad, 1834)

Villosa villosa (Wright, B.H., 1898)
+ Lampsilis (Villosa) wrightiana Frierson, 1927

Villosa villosa (Wright, B.H., 1898) = Villosa amygdalum