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

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Publication Heard & Guckert (1970): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Heard, W.H. & R.H. Guckert. 1970. A re-evaluation of the recent Unionacea (Pelecypoda) of North America. Malacologia 10: 333-355. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Taxonomic Opinions

Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)
+ Amblema costata Rafinesque, 1820

Anodonta cygneus (Linnaeus, 1758) = Anodonta cygnea

Cumberlandia monodonta (Say)

Lampsilis ovatus (Say, 1817) = Lampsilis ovata

Margaritifera falcata (Gould)

Margaritifera hembeli (Conrad)

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus)

Megalonaias gigantea (Barnes, 1823) = Megalonaias nervosa

Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819)
+ Pleurobema mytiloides Rafinesque, 1820

Popenaias buckleyi (Lea) = Elliptio jayensis

Popenaias popei (Lea, 1843) [sic] = Popenaias popeii

Prisodon obliquus Schumacher, 1817

Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758)