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Publication Brim Box & Williams (2000): taxonomic opinions

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Brim Box, J. & J.D. Williams. 2000. Unionid mollusks of the Apalachicola Basin in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. Bulletin of the Alabama Museum of Natural History 21: 1-143. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Alasmidonta triangulata (Lea, 1858)

Amblema neislerii (Lea, 1858)

Anodonta heardi Gordon & Hoeh, 1995 = Utterbackiana heardi

Anodontoides radiatus (Conrad, 1834) = Strophitus radiatus
+ Margaritana elliottii Lea, 1858
+ Margaritana elliptica Lea, 1859
+ Anodonta showalterii Lea, 1860

Elliptio arctata (Conrad, 1834)
+ Unio strigosus Lea, 1840
+ Unio tortivus Lea, 1840

Elliptio chipolaensis (Walker, 1905)

Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) = Elliptio fumata
+ Unio fumatus Lea, 1857
+ Unio subniger Lea, 1857
+ Unio roswellensis Lea, 1858
+ Unio hallenbeckii Lea, 1859
+ Unio salebrosus Lea, 1859
+ Unio quadratus Lea, 1859
+ Unio basalis Lea, 1872
+ Unio corneus Lea, 1874
+ Unio dooleyensis Lea, 1874
+ Unio gesnerii Lea, 1874
+ Unio invenustus Lea, 1874

Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) = Elliptio pullata

Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786)

Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck, 1819)
+ Unio (Elliptio) nigra Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio cuneatus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio incrassatus Lea, 1840
+ Unio danielsii B.H. Wright, 1899

Elliptio fraterna (Lea, 1852)

Elliptio icterina (Conrad, 1834) = Elliptio arctata
+ Unio pullatis Lea, 1857
+ Unio pullatus Lea, 1857
+ Unio sublatus Lea, 1857
+ Unio tetricus Lea, 1857
+ Unio aquilus Lea, 1857
+ Unio viridiradiatus Lea, 1859
+ Unio viridans Lea, 1859
+ Unio verutus Lea, 1859
+ Unio mercerii Lea, 1862
+ Unio singularis B.H. Wright, 1899

Elliptio icterina (Conrad, 1834)

Elliptio icterina (Conrad, 1834) = Elliptio pullata

Elliptio nigella (Lea, 1852)

Elliptio purpurella (Lea, 1857)

Elliptoideus sloatianus (Lea, 1840)
+ Unio atromarginatus Lea, 1840
+ Unio plectophorus Conrad, 1849
+ Unio aratus Conrad, 1849

Glebula rotundata (Lamarck, 1819)
+ Unio suborbiculata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio glebulus Say, 1831
+ Unio subglobosus Lea, 1834
+ Unio grandensis Conrad, 1855

Glebula rotundata (Lamarck, 1819) = Cyrtonaias berlandierii

Lampsilis binominata Simpson, 1900
+ Unio lineatus Lea, 1840

Lampsilis straminea claibornensis (Lea, 1838) = Lampsilis straminea
+ Unio obtusus Lea, 1840
+ Unio pallescens Lea, 1845
+ Unio contrarius Conrad, 1849

Lampsilis subangulata (Lea, 1840) = Hamiota subangulata
+ Unio kirklandianus S.H. Wright, 1897

Lampsilis teres (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio anodontoides Lea, 1831
+ Unio floridensis Lea, 1852
+ Lampsilis fallaciosus Smith, 1899

Lampsilis teres (Rafinesque, 1820) = Lampsilis floridensis

Lasmigona subviridis (Conrad, 1835) = Platynaias subviridis
+ Unio hyalinus Lea, 1845
+ Margaritana quadrata Lea, 1861
+ Unio pertenuis Lea, 1863

Medionidus penicillatus (Lea, 1857)
+ Unio kingii B.H. Wright, 1900

Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio crassus var. giganteus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio heros Say, 1829
+ Unio multiplicatus Lea, 1831
+ Unio boykinianus Lea, 1840
+ Unio triumphans B.H. Wright, 1898

Pleurobema pyriforme (Lea, 1857)
+ Unio modicus Lea, 1857
+ Unio striatus Lea, 1840
+ Pleurobema simpsoni Vanatta, 1915
+ Unio amabilis Lea, 1865
+ Unio bulbosus Lea, 1857
+ Unio harperi B.H. Wright, 1899
+ Unio reclusus B.H. Wright, 1898

Pleurobema strodeanum (Wright, B.H., 1898)

Pyganodon cataracta (Say, 1817)

Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)
+ Anodonta gesnerii Lea, 1858
+ Anodonta hallenbeckii Lea, 1858

Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829) = Pseudodontoideus connasaugaensis

Quincuncina infucata (Conrad, 1834) = Pustulosa kleiniana
+ Unio securiformis Conrad, 1849
+ Unio kleinianus Lea, 1852

Quincuncina infucata (Conrad, 1834) = Pustulosa infucata

Strophitus subvexus (Conrad, 1834) = Pseudodontoideus subvexus
+ Margaritana tombigbeensis Lea, 1862
+ Margaritana tombecbeensis Lea, 1858
+ Margaritana columbensis Lea, 1867
+ Margaritana gesnerii Lea, 1858
+ Margaritana spillmanii Lea, 1858

Toxolasma paulus (Lea, 1840) = Toxolasma paulum
+ Unio cromwellii Lea, 1865
+ Unio marginis Lea, 1865
+ Unio corvinus Lea, 1868

Uniomerus carolinianus (Bosc, 1801) = Uniomerus columbensis
+ Unio columbensis Lea, 1857
+ Unio plantii Lea, 1857

Uniomerus carolinianus (Bosc, 1801)

Uniomerus carolinianus (Bosc, 1801) = Elliptio fumata

Utterbackia imbecillis (Say, 1829)
+ Anodonta incerta Lea, 1834
+ Anodon horda Gould, 1855
+ Anodonta henryiana Lea, 1857

Utterbackia peggyae (Johnson, R.I., 1965)

Utterbackia peninsularis Bogan & Hoeh, 1995

Villosa lienosa (Conrad, 1834) = Leaunio lienosus
+ Unio proximus Lea, 1852
+ Unio concestator Lea, 1857
+ Unio fallax Lea, 1857
+ Unio intercedens Lea, 1857
+ Unio linguaeformis Lea, 1860
+ Unio unicostatus B.H. Wright, 1899

Villosa vibex (Conrad, 1834) = Leaunio lienosus
+ Unio exiguus Lea, 1840
+ Unio subellipsis Lea, 1857
+ Unio sudus Lea, 1857
+ Unio obfuscus Lea, 1857
+ Unio dispar Lea, 1860

Villosa vibex (Conrad, 1834)

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

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