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

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Publication Call (1900): taxonomic opinions
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Call, R.E. 1900. A descriptive illustrated catalogue of the Mollusca of Indiana. Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources (1899) (24th annual ed.): 335-535.

Taxonomic Opinions

Unio (Anodonta) dehiscens Say, 1829 = Hemistena lata

Unio (Anodonta) edentula (Say, 1829) = Anodontoides ferussacianus
+ Anodonta ferruginea Lea, 1840
+ Anodonta shaefferiana Lea, 1852

Unio (Anodonta) edentula (Say, 1829) = Strophitus undulatus

Unio (Anodonta) footiana (Lea, 1840) = Pyganodon grandis

Unio (Anodonta) grandis (Say, 1829) = Pyganodon grandis
+ Anodonta decora Lea, 1838
+ Anodonta plana Lea, 1834
+ Anodonta gigantea Lea, 1838

Unio (Anodonta) imbecillis (Say, 1829) = Utterbackia imbecillis

Unio (Anodonta) salmonia (Lea, 1838) = Pyganodon grandis

Unio (Anodonta) subcylindracea (Lea, 1838) = Anodontoides ferussacianus
+ Anodonta ferussaciana Lea, 1834

Unio (Anodonta) suborbiculata (Say, 1831) = Utterbackiana suborbiculata

Unio (Anodonta) wardiana (Lea, 1838) = Strophitus undulatus
+ Anodonta pavonia Lea, 1838

Unio (Margaritana) complanata (Barnes, 1823) = Pterosyna complanata

Unio (Margaritana) confragosa (Say, 1829) = Arcidens confragosus

Unio (Margaritana) deltoidea (Lea, 1838) = Pressodonta viridis
+ Unio calceolus Lea, 1828

Unio (Margaritana) hildrethiana Lea, 1834 = Simpsonaias ambigua

Unio (Margaritana) marginata (Say, 1819) = Alasmidonta marginata

Unio (Margaritana) monodonta Say, 1829 = Cumberlandia monodonta

Unio (Margaritana) rugosa (Barnes, 1823) = Lasmigona costata

Unio (s.s.) alatus Say, 1817 = Potamilus alatus

Unio (s.s.) capax Green, 1832 = Potamilus capax

Unio (s.s.) circulus Lea, 1829 = Obovaria subrotunda
+ Unio lens Lea, 1831
+ Unio leibii Lea, 1862

Unio (s.s.) clavus Lamarck, 1819 = Pleurobema clava
+ Unio patulus Lea, 1829
+ Unio decisus Lea, 1831
+ Unio chattanoogaensis Lea, 1858
+ Unio consanguineus Lea, 1861
+ Unio pallidofulvus Lea, 1861
+ Unio interventus Lea, 1861
+ Unio concolor Lea, 1861
+ Unio anaticulus Lea, 1861
+ Unio crebrivittatus Lea, 1861
+ Unio curtus Lea, 1859
+ Unio modioliformis Lea, 1834
+ Unio clavus Conrad, 1835

Unio (s.s.) clavus Lamarck, 1819 = Pleurobema curtum

Unio (s.s.) clavus Lamarck, 1819 = Pleurobema decisum

Unio (s.s.) clavus Lamarck, 1819 = Pleurobema perovatum

Unio (s.s.) coccineus Lea, 1838 = Pleurobema sintoxia
+ Unio gouldianus Jay, 1839

Unio (s.s.) cooperianus Lea, 1834 = Plethobasus cooperianus

Unio (s.s.) cornutus Barnes, 1823 = Obliquaria reflexa

Unio (s.s.) crassidens Lamarck, 1819 = Elliptio crassidens

Unio (s.s.) cylindricus Say, 1817 = Theliderma cylindrica

Unio (s.s.) cyphyus (Rafinesque, 1820) = Plethobasus cyphyus
+ Unio aesopus Green, 1827

Unio (s.s.) donaciformis Lea, 1828 = Truncilla donaciformis
+ Unio zigzag Lea, 1829

Unio (s.s.) ebenus Lea, 1831 = Reginaia ebenus

Unio (s.s.) elegans Lea, 1831 = Truncilla truncata

Unio (s.s.) ellipsis Lea, 1828 = Obovaria olivaria
+ Unio pealei Lea, 1871

Unio (s.s.) fabalis Lea, 1831 = Paetulunio fabalis
+ Unio lapillus Say, 1831

Unio (s.s.) foliatus Hildreth, 1828 = Epioblasma flexuosa

Unio (s.s.) fragosus Conrad, 1836 = Quadrula fragosa

Unio (s.s.) gibbosus Barnes, 1823 = Eurynia dilatata
+ Unio arctior Lea, 1838
+ Unio stonensis Lea, 1840

Unio (s.s.) glans Lea, 1831 = Toxolasma lividum
+ Unio pullus Conrad, 1838
+ Unio granulatus Lea, 1861
+ Unio germanus Lea, 1861
+ Unio cromwellii Lea, 1865
+ Unio cylindrellus Lea, 1868
+ Unio corvunculus Lea, 1868

Unio (s.s.) glans Lea, 1831 = Toxolasma paulum

Unio (s.s.) glans Lea, 1831 = Toxolasma corvunculus

Unio (s.s.) glans Lea, 1831 = Toxolasma cylindrellus

Unio (s.s.) glans Lea, 1831 = Toxolasma pullus

Unio (s.s.) gracilis Barnes, 1823 = Potamilus fragilis

Unio (s.s.) graniferus Lea, 1838 = Cyclonaias tuberculata

Unio (s.s.) iris Lea, 1829 = Cambarunio iris

Unio (s.s.) irroratus Lea, 1828 = Cyprogenia stegaria

Unio (s.s.) lachrymosus [sic] Lea, 1828 = Quadrula quadrula
+ Unio asperrimus Lea, 1831

Unio (s.s.) laevissimus (Lea, 1829) = Potamilus ohiensis

Unio (s.s.) ligamentinus Lamarck, 1819 = Ortmanniana ligamentina
+ Unio crassus Say, 1817

Unio (s.s.) lineolatus (Rafinesque, 1820) = Ellipsaria lineolata
+ Unio securis Lea, 1829

Unio (s.s.) luteolus Lamarck, 1819 = Lampsilis radiata
+ Unio siliquoideus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio distans J.G. Anthony, 1865

Unio (s.s.) luteolus Lamarck, 1819 = Lampsilis siliquoidea

Unio (s.s.) metanevra (Rafinesque, 1820) = Theliderma metanevra

Unio (s.s.) multiplicatus Lea, 1831 = Quadrula verrucosa
+ Unio heros Say, 1829
+ Unio gigas Sowerby, 1867
+ Unio perplicatus Reeve, 1864

Unio (s.s.) multiplicatus Lea, 1831 = Amblema plicata

Unio (s.s.) multiplicatus Lea, 1831 = Megalonaias nervosa

Unio (s.s.) multiradiatus Lea, 1829 = Lampsilis fasciola

Unio (s.s.) obliquus Lamarck, 1819 = Pleurobema cordatum

Unio (s.s.) orbiculatus Hildreth, 1828 = Obovaria subrotunda

Unio (s.s.) parvus Barnes, 1823 = Toxolasma parvum
+ Unio parvus Conrad, 1836
+ Unio paulus Lea, 1840
+ Unio minor Lea, 1843
+ Unio marginis Lea, 1865
+ Unio corvinus Lea, 1868
+ Unio vesicularis Lea, 1872

Unio (s.s.) parvus Barnes, 1823 = Toxolasma texasiense

Unio (s.s.) parvus Barnes, 1823 = Toxolasma paulum

Unio (s.s.) parvus Barnes, 1823 = Villosa amygdalum

Unio (s.s.) perplexus Lea, 1831 = Epioblasma torulosa
+ Unio sampsonii Lea, 1861
+ Unio rangianus Lea, 1838

Unio (s.s.) perplexus Lea, 1831 = Epioblasma rangiana

Unio (s.s.) perplexus Lea, 1831 = Epioblasma sampsonii

Unio (s.s.) personatus Say, 1829 = Epioblasma personata
+ Unio capillaris Lea, 1834

Unio (s.s.) phaseolus Hildreth, 1828 = Ptychobranchus fasciolaris
+ Unio camelus Lea, 1834
+ Unio planulatus Lea, 1829

Unio (s.s.) plicatus Leseuer = Amblema plicata

Unio (s.s.) pressus (Lea, 1852) = Platynaias compressa

Unio (s.s.) pustulatus Lea, 1831 = Pustulosa nodulata

Unio (s.s.) pustulosus Lea, 1831 = Pustulosa pustulosa
+ Unio dorfeuillianus Lea, 1838

Unio (s.s.) rectus Lamarck, 1819 = Ligumia recta

Unio (s.s.) retusus Lamarck, 1819 = Obovaria retusa

Unio (s.s.) rubiginosus Lea, 1829 = Fusconaia flava

Unio (s.s.) solidus Lea, 1838 = Pleurobema plenum
+ Unio plenus Lea, 1840

Unio (s.s.) solidus Lea, 1838 = Pleurobema sintoxia

Unio (s.s.) spatulatus Lea, 1845 = Venustaconcha ellipsiformis

Unio (s.s.) subovatus “Say” = Lampsilis cardium

Unio (s.s.) subrostratus Say, 1831 = Sagittunio subrostratus

Unio (s.s.) sulcatus Lea, 1829 = Epioblasma obliquata

Unio (s.s.) tenuissimus (Lea, 1829) = Potamilus leptodon

Unio (s.s.) teres Rafinesque, 1820 = Lampsilis teres
+ Unio anodontoides Lea, 1831

Unio (s.s.) tetralasmus Say, 1831 = Uniomerus tetralasmus
+ Unio declivis Say, 1831
+ Unio camptodon Say, 1832
+ Unio geometricus Lea, 1834
+ Unio excultus Conrad, 1838
+ Unio sayii Tappan, 1839
+ Unio sayanus Conrad, 1838
+ Unio symmetricus Lea, 1845
+ Unio subcroceus Conrad, 1854
+ Unio manubius Gould, 1855
+ Unio jamesianus Lea, 1857

Unio (s.s.) tetralasmus Say, 1831 = Uniomerus declivis

Unio (s.s.) trapezoides Lea, 1831 = Plectomerus dombeyanus
+ Unio crassidens Lamarck, 1819

Unio (s.s.) triangularis Barnes, 1823 = Epioblasma triquetra
+ Unio formosus Lea, 1831

Unio (s.s.) trigonus Lea, 1831 = Fusconaia flava

Unio (s.s.) tuberculatus Barnes, 1823 = Quadrula verrucosa

Unio (s.s.) undulatus Barnes, 1823 = Amblema plicata

Unio (s.s.) varicosus Lea, 1831 = Plethobasus cicatricosus

Unio (s.s.) ventricosus Barnes, 1823 = Lampsilis cardium
+ Unio occidens Lea, 1829
+ Unio canadensis Lea, 1857

Unio (s.s.) verrucosus Barnes, 1823 = Cyclonaias tuberculata