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Publication Williams et al. (1993): summary

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Full Citation

Williams, J.D., M.L. Warren, K.S. Cummings, J.L. Harris & R.J. Neves. 1993. Conservation status of freshwater mussels of the United States and Canada. Fisheries 18(9): 6-22. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio cistelliformis Simpson, 1900 = Elliptio cistellaeformis

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 716.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 641.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 29.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 228.
R.I. Johnson, 1970. Bull. MCZ 140(6): 317.
Davis et al., 1981. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 15: 135.
Davis, 1984. Malacologia 25(2): 631.
Williams et al., 1993. Fisheries 18(9): 11.
Haag, 2012. N. Amer. Freshw. Mussels: 73.
(error for Unio cistellaeformis Lea, 1863)

Uniomerus declivus Williams et al., 1993 = Uniomerus declivis

‘Say’ of Authors.
Williams et al., 1993. Fisheries 18(9): 14.
Vidrine, 1993. Histr. Distr. Freshw. Mussels LA: 86.
Campbell et al., 2005. Invert. Biol. 124(2): 155.
Inoue et al., 2018. Invert. Syst. 32: Table S2.
Burlakova et al., 2019. Malacologia 62(2): 351.
(error for Unio declivis Say, 1831)

Unio hanleyanus Conrad, 1853 = Pleurobema hanleyianum

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 250.
specimen image from publicationSowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 46, sp. 249.
B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [3].
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 759.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 780.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 42, sp. 175.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 256.
Burch, 1975. Freshw. Unio. North Amer.: 13.
Turgeon et al., 1988. Am. Fisher. Soc. Spec. Publ. (16): 32.
Williams et al., 1993. Fisheries 18(9): 13.
Parmalee & Bogan, 1998. The Freshwater Mussels of Tennessee: 184.
Lydeard et al., 1999. Gulf Mex. Sci. 17(2): 129.
(error for Unio hanleyianus Lea, 1852)

Medionidus macglameriae Turgeon et al., 1988 = Potamilus fragilis

‘van der Schalie’ of Authors.
Turgeon et al., 1988. Am. Fisher. Soc. Spec. Publ. (16): 31.
Williams et al., 1993. Fisheries 18(9): 13.
(error for Medionidus mcglameriae van der Schalie, 1939)

Anodonta nuttaliana Hanley, 1843 = Anodonta nuttalliana

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 216.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 14.
Turgeon et al., 1988. Am. Fisher. Soc. Spec. Publ. (16): 28.
Williams et al., 1993. Fisheries 18(9): 10.
(error for Anodonta nuttalliana Lea, 1838)

Unio reevianus Conrad, 1853 = Lampsilis reeveiana

‘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)

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