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

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Publication Utterback (1916): summary
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Complete Citation

Utterback, W.I. 1916. The naiades of Missouri. VII. American Midland Naturalist 4(10): 432-464. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Truncilla curtisii Utterback, 1916
Frierson & Utterback in Utterback, 1916. Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(10): 453, pl. 6, fig. 14a-d; pl. 28, fig. 109a-d.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE UMMZ_90748, White River, Forsyth, Taney Co., Missouri.

Truncilla lefevrei Utterback, 1916
Utterback, 1916. Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(10): 455, pl. 6, fig. 13a-d; pl. 28, fig. 108a-d.

Unio reevianus Conrad, 1853
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 256.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 538.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 74.
Utterback, 1916. Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(10): 449.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 73.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 437.
R.I. Johnson, 1980. Bull. MCZ 149(2): 132.
Oesch, 1984. Missouri Naiades: 225.
Turgeon et al., 1988. Am. Fisher. Soc. Spec. Publ. (16): 31.
Williams et al., 1993. Fisheries 18(9): 12.
Turgeon et al., 1998. Am. Fisher. Soc. Spec. Publ. (26): 35.
Graf & Cummings, 2007. J. Moll. Studies 73: 305.
Bogan, 2010. FADA: [web].
Cummings & Graf, 2010. Ecol. Class. N. Amer. FW Inverts.: 376.
Haag, 2012. N. Amer. Freshw. Mussels: 71 [as ‘Lampsilis reeviana’].
(error for Unio reeveianus Lea, 1852)

Unio topekensis Utterback, 1916
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Utterback, 1916. Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(10): 438.
Oesch, 1984. Missouri Naiades: 198.
(error for Unio topekaensis Lea, 1868)

Taxonomic Opinions

Eurynia (Micromya) brevicula (Call) = Lampsilis reeveiana

Eurynia (Micromya) brevicula brittsi (Simpson) = Lampsilis brittsi

Eurynia (Micromya) iris (Lea) = Cambarunio iris

Eurynia (Micromya) lienosa (Conrad) = Leaunio lienosus

Eurynia (s.s.) recta (Lamarck) = Ligumia recta
+ Unio praelongus Barnes, 1823

Eurynia (s.s.) subrostrata (Say) = Sagittunio subrostratus
+ Unio mississippiensis Conrad, 1850
+ Unio topekaensis Lea, 1868

Lampsilis anodontoides (Lea) = Lampsilis teres
+ Unio teres Say, 1834
+ Unio (Eurynia) teres Rafinesque, 1820

Lampsilis fallaciosus Smith = Lampsilis teres

Lampsilis higginsii (Lea)

Lampsilis luteola (Lamarck) = Lampsilis radiata

Lampsilis luteola rosacea (DeKay) = Lampsilis siliquoidea

Lampsilis powellii (Lea)

Lampsilis reeviana [sic] (Lea) = Lampsilis reeveiana

Lampsilis ventricosa (Barnes) = Lampsilis cardium
+ Lampsilis cardium Rafinesque, 1820

Lampsilis ventricosa satura (Lea) = Lampsilis satura

Truncilla curtisii Frierson and Utterback. New Species = Epioblasma curtisii

Truncilla lefevrei Utterback. New species = Epioblasma turgidula

 
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