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Publication Murray & Leonard (1962): summary
Full Citation
Murray, H.D. & A.B. Leonard. 1962. Handbook of Unionid Mussels in Kansas. . 184 pp.
Attributed Nominal Species
Actinonaias carinata carinata Murray & Leonard, 1962 = Lampsilis rafinesqueana
‘Barnes’ Murray & Leonard, 1962. Handbk. Unionid Muss. Kansas: 108, pl. 28, figs. 1-4.
(misidentified reference to Unio carinatus Barnes, 1823)
Anodonta imbecilis ‘Say’ of Authors = Utterbackia imbecillis
‘Say’ of Authors.
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 54.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 264.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 502.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 140.
Lapham, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 156.
B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [7].
Pilsbry & Rhoads, 1896. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 48: 506.
Clench & Turner, 1956. Bull. Fla. State Mus. 1: 187.
Murray & Leonard, 1962. Handbk. Unionid Muss. Kansas: 95.
R.I. Johnson, 1970. Bull. MCZ 140(6): 362.
Heard, 1975. Malacologia 15(1): 84.
Kat, 1983. Malacologia 23(2): 362.
Hoeh, 1990. Malac. Review 23: 63.
Lydeard et al., 1996. Philos. Trans. Roy. Soc. London (B, Biol. Sci.) 351: 1595.
Rosenberg et al., 1997. J. Moll. Studies 63: 303.
Adamkewicz et al., 1997. MBE 14(6): 622.
(error for Anodonta imbecillis Say, 1829)
Taxonomic Opinions
Actinonaias carinata carinata (Barnes, 1823) = Ortmanniana ligamentina
+ Unio ligamentina Lamarck, 1819
Actinonaias carinata gibba (Simpson) = Ortmanniana ligamentina
Anodonta grandis Say, 1829 = Pyganodon grandis
+ Anodonta danielsii Lea, 1858
Anodonta imbecilis [sic] Say, 1829 = Utterbackia imbecillis
Anodonta suborbiculata Say, 1831 = Utterbackiana suborbiculata
There are 75 species taxonomic opinions attributed to this publication.
Arcidens confragosus (Say, 1829)
Carunculina parva (Barnes, 1823) = Toxolasma parvum
Crenodonta peruviana costata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Amblema plicata
+ Unio undulatus Barnes, 1823
Crenodonta peruviana peruviana (Lamarck, 1819) = Amblema plicata
+ Unio plicata Say, 1817
Cyprogenia aberti (Conrad, 1850)
+ Unio popenoi Call, 1885
Dysnomia triquetra (Rafinesque, 1820) = Epioblasma triquetra
Elliptio dilatatus (Rafinesque, 1820) = Eurynia dilatata
+ Unio gibbosus Barnes, 1823
Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio rubiginosus Lea, 1829
Lampsilis anodontoides anodontoides (Lea, 1834) = Lampsilis teres
Lampsilis anodontoides fallaciosa Smith, 1899 = Lampsilis teres
Lampsilis ovata ventricosa (Barnes, 1823) = Lampsilis cardium
+ Unio occidens Lea, 1829
Lampsilis radiata siliquoidea (Barnes, 1823) = Lampsilis siliquoidea + Lampsilis radiata
+ Unio luteola Lamarck, 1819
Lasmigona complanata (Barnes, 1823) = Pterosyna complanata
Lasmigona costata (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Alasmodonta rugosa Barnes, 1823
Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) = Potamilus fragilis
+ Unio gracilis Barnes, 1823
Leptodea laevissima (Lea, 1830) = Potamilus ohiensis
Ligumia recta latissima (Rafinesque, 1820) = Ligumia recta
Ligumia subrostrata (Say, 1831) = Sagittunio subrostratus
+ Unio topekaensis Lea, 1868
Megalonaias gigantea (Barnes, 1823) = Megalonaias nervosa
+ Unio heros Say, 1829
Obliquaria reflexa Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio cornutus Barnes, 1823
Plagiola lineolata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Ellipsaria lineolata
+ Unio securis Lea, 1829
Plethobasus cyphyus (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio aesopus Green, 1827
Pleurobema cordatum catillus (Conrad, 1836) = Pleurobema sintoxia
+ Unio solidus Lea, 1838
Pleurobema cordatum coccineum (Conrad, 1836) = Pleurobema sintoxia
Pleurobema cordatum pyramidatum (Lea, 1834) = Pleurobema sintoxia
Proptera alata (Say, 1817) = Potamilus alatus
Proptera capax (Green, 1832) = Potamilus capax
Proptera purpurata (Lamarck, 1819) = Potamilus purpuratus
Ptychobranchus fasciolare (Rafinesque, 1820) = Ptychobranchus fasciolaris
+ Unio phaseolus Hildreth, 1828
Quadrula cylindrica (Say, 1817) = Theliderma cylindrica
Quadrula metanevra (Rafinesque, 1820) = Theliderma metanevra
Quadrula nodulata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Pustulosa nodulata
+ Unio pustulatus Lea, 1831
Quadrula pustulosa (Lea, 1831) = Pustulosa pustulosa
+ Unio dorfeuillianus Lea, 1838
Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820) = Quadrula quadrula + Quadrula fragosa
+ Quadrula lachrymosa ‘Lea’ of Authors
+ Quadrula fragosa Scammon, 1906
Strophitus rugosus (Swainson, 1822) = Strophitus undulatus
+ Alasmodonta edentula Say, 1829
+ Anodonta arkansensis Lea, 1852
Tritogonia verrucosa (Rafinesque, 1820) = Quadrula verrucosa
+ Unio tuberculatus Barnes, 1823
Truncilla donaciformis (Lea, 1828)
+ Unio zigzag Lea, 1829
Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio elegans Lea, 1831
Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say, 1830)
+ Unio camptodon Say, 1832
