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Publication Oesch (1984): summary
Full Citation
Oesch, R.D. 1984. Missouri Naiades: A Guide to the Mussels of Missouri. 270 pp.
Attributed Nominal Species
Corbicula fulminea ‘Müller’ of Authors = Corbicula fluminea
‘Müller’ of Authors.
Schlüter, 1838. Kurzgef. Syst. Verz. Conch. Samml.: 34.
Oesch, 1984. Missouri Naiades: 238.
(error for Tellina fluminea Müller, 1774)
Anodonta ohioensis ‘Rafinesque’ of Authors = Potamilus ohiensis
‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Agassiz, 1852. Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 46.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 648.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 437.
Oesch, 1984. Missouri Naiades: 183 [as ‘Potamilus’].
(error for Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis Rafinesque, 1820)
Unio reevianus ‘Lea’ of Authors = 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)
Unio topekensis ‘Lea’ of Authors = Sagittunio subrostratus
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Utterback, 1916. Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(10): 438.
Oesch, 1984. Missouri Naiades: 198.
(error for Unio topekaensis Lea, 1868)
Taxonomic Opinions
Actinonaias ligamentina carinata (Barnes, 1823) = Ortmanniana ligamentina
+ Unio ligamentina Lamarck, 1819
Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818 = Alasmidonta marginata + Alasmidonta varicosa
+ Alasmodon corrugata De Kay, 1843
Alasmidonta viridis Rafinesque, 1820 = Sulcularia viridis
+ Unio calceolus Lea, 1828
+ Margaritana deltoidea Lea, 1838
Anodonta grandis corpulenta Cooper, 1834 = Pyganodon grandis
There are 145 species taxonomic opinions attributed to this publication.
Anodonta grandis grandis Say, 1829 = Pyganodon grandis
+ Anodonta opaca Lea, 1852
+ Anodonta danielsii Lea, 1858
Anodonta imbecillis Say, 1829 = Utterbackia imbecillis
Anodonta suborbiculata Say, 1831 = Utterbackiana suborbiculata
Anodontoides ferussacianus (Lea, 1834)
+ Anodonta buchanensis Lea, 1838
Arcidens confragosus (Say, 1829)
Corbicula fulminea [sic] Müller, 1774 = Corbicula fluminea
Cumberlandia monodonta (Say, 1829)
Cyclonaias tuberculata (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio verrucosus Barnes, 1823
Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771)
Ellipsaria lineolata (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Obliquaria (Plagiola) depressa Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio securis Lea, 1829
Elliptio crassidens crassidens (Lamarck, 1819) = Elliptio crassidens
+ Unio (Elliptio) nigra Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio cuneatus Barnes, 1823
Elliptio dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Eurynia dilatata
+ Unio gibbosus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio arctior Lea, 1838
Fusconaia ebena (Lea, 1831) = Reginaia ebenus + Fusconaia subrotunda
+ Unio subrotundus Lea, 1831
+ Obovaria obovalis Rafinesque, 1820
Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio rubiginosus Lea, 1829
Fusconaia ozarkensis (Call, 1887)
Lampsilis orbiculata (Hildreth, 1828) = Obovaria subrotunda
Lampsilis radiata luteola (Lamarck, 1819) = Lampsilis radiata + Lampsilis siliquoidea
+ Unio siliquoideus Barnes, 1823
Lampsilis rafinesqueana Frierson, 1927
Lampsilis reeviana [sic] brevicula (Call, 1887) = Lampsilis reeveiana
Lampsilis reeviana [sic] brittsi Simpson, 1900 = Lampsilis brittsi
Lampsilis reeviana reeviana [sic] (Lea, 1852) = Lampsilis reeveiana
Lampsilis teres anodontoides (Rafinesque, 1820) [sic] = Lampsilis teres
Lampsilis teres teres (Smith, 1899) [sic] = Lampsilis teres
+ Lampsilis fallaciosus Smith, 1899
Lampsilis ventricosa (Barnes, 1823) = Lampsilis cardium
+ Unio occidens Lea, 1829
Lasmigona complanata (Barnes, 1823) = Pterosyna complanata
Lasmigona costata (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Alasmodonta rugosa Barnes, 1823
Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) = Potamilus fragilis + Potamilus purpuratus
+ Unio gracilis Barnes, 1823
+ Unio dolosus Lea, 1860
Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) = Potamilus leptodon + Potamilus fragilis
+ Symphynota tenuissima Lea, 1829
+ Unio velum Say, 1829
+ Lasmonos fragilis Rafinesque, 1831
Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819)
+ Unio (Eurynia) latissima Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio praelongus Barnes, 1823
Ligumia subrostrata (Say, 1831) = Sagittunio subrostratus
+ Unio mississippiensis Conrad, 1850
+ Unio topekaensis Lea, 1868
Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio crassus var. giganteus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio heros Say, 1829
+ Unio multiplicatus Lea, 1831
Obliquaria reflexa Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio cornutus Barnes, 1823
Obovaria jacksoniana (Frierson, 1912) = Obovaria arkansasensis
+ Unio castaneus Lea, 1831
Obovaria olivaria (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio ellipsis Lea, 1828
Plagiola curtisi (Utterback, 1916) = Epioblasma curtisii
Plagiola triquetra (Rafinesque, 1820) = Epioblasma triquetra
Plectomerus dombeyana (Valenciennes, 1827) = Plectomerus dombeyanus + Elliptoideus sloatianus
+ Unio crassidens Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio trapezoides Lea, 1831
+ Unio interruptus Say, 1831
+ Bariosta ponderosus Rafinesque, 1831
+ Unio atromarginatus Lea, 1840
+ Unio sloatianus Lea, 1840
Pleurobema sintoxia (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio coccineus Conrad, 1836
+ Unio catillus Conrad, 1836
+ Unio solidus Lea, 1838
Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817)
+ Metaptera megaptera Rafinesque, 1820
Potamilus capax (Green, 1832)
Potamilus ohioensis [sic] (Rafinesque, 1820) = Potamilus ohiensis
+ Symphynota laevissima Lea, 1829
Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819)
Ptychobranchus occidentalis (Conrad, 1836)
+ Ptychobranchus clintonensis Simpson, 1900
Quadrula cylindrica (Say, 1817) = Theliderma cylindrica
+ Unio naviformis Lamarck, 1819
Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica (Say, 1817) = Theliderma cylindrica
+ Unio naviformis Lamarck, 1819
Quadrula metanevra (Rafinesque, 1820) = Theliderma metanevra
Quadrula nodulata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Pustulosa nodulata
+ Unio pustulatus Lea, 1831
Quadrula pustulosa (Lea, 1831) = Pustulosa pustulosa
+ Unio nodulosus Say, 1834
+ Unio dorfeuillianus Lea, 1838
Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio lacrymosus Lea, 1828
+ Quadrula lachrymosa ‘Lea’ of Authors
+ Unio asperrimus Lea, 1831
Simpsonaias ambigua (Say, 1825)
Strophitus undulatus undulatus (Say, 1817) = Strophitus undulatus
+ Alasmodonta edentula Say, 1829
+ Anodon rugosus Swainson, 1822
+ Anodonta arkansensis Lea, 1852
Toxolasma lividus glans (Lea, 1831) = Toxolasma lividum
Toxolasma parvus (Barnes, 1823) = Toxolasma parvum
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
Venustaconcha ellipsiformis ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) = Venustaconcha ellipsiformis
+ Unio spatulatus Lea, 1845
Venustaconcha ellipsiformis pleasii (Marsh, 1891) = Venustaconcha pleasii + Venustaconcha ellipsiformis + Ortmanniana ligamentina
+ Unio venustus Lea, 1838
+ Unio venustus Sowerby, 1868
Villosa iris (Lea, 1829) = Cambarunio iris
+ Unio creperus Lea, 1838
+ Unio novieboraci Lea, 1838
+ Unio radiatus De Kay, 1843
Villosa lienosa lienosa (Conrad, 1834) = Leaunio lienosus
+ Unio saxeus Conrad, 1838
+ Unio caliginosus Lea, 1845
+ Unio fontanus Conrad, 1866
