Publication Heard & Guckert (1970): summary

Full 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

Cinicula Heard & Guckert, 1970

‘Swainson’ Heard & Guckert, 1970. Malacologia 10: 348, note 18.
(error for Cunicula Swainson, 1840)
Type species: Unio purpurascens Lamarck, 1819 = Elliptio complanata

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)

There are 15 species taxonomic opinions attributed to this publication.

Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819)

+ Pleurobema mytiloides Rafinesque, 1820

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

Prisodon obliquus Schumacher, 1817

Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758)