MUSSELp
 
MUSSELpdb
 
 
Taxonomy
 
 
Geography
 
 
 

Page last updated
Thu 3 September 2025

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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

Search the database pages:

Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Quadrulini

genus Megalonaias Utterback, 1915: synonymy
     2 Recent valid species (2 total species)

Megalonaias Utterback, 1915
Utterback, 1915. Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(4): 123.
Utterback, 1916. Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(7): 43.
(correct name for Magnonaias Utterback, 1915)

Magnonaias Utterback, 1915
Utterback, 1915. Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(3): 47.
Utterback, 1916. Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(7): 7.
(incorrect original spelling of Megalonaias Utterback, 1915)
Type species: Unio heros Say, 1829 (original designation) = Megalonaias nervosa

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta)Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (s.s.)Call (1900)
Unio (Crenodonta)Martens (1900)
QuadrulaSimpson (1900), Ortmann (1909), Pilsbry (1910)
CrenodontaOrtmann (1912), Haas (1929), Clench & Turner (1956)
MegalonaiasUtterback (1915), Ortmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1923), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), ... Czaja et al. (2023), Neemuchwala et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)
TruncillaOrtmann & Walker (1922)
Lampsilis (Ligumia)Frierson (1927)
Amblema (Megalonaias)Frierson (1927), Haas (1930)
Amblema (s.s.)Frierson (1927)
Amblema (sec. Megalonaias)Thiele (1934)
AmblemaGoodrich & van der Schalie (1937), Davis & Fuller (1981), Vidrine (1993)
LigumiaHaas (1969)
TritogoniaITIS (2012)
M.Marshall et al. (2018)

 
NSF icon MUSSEL icon
"Making the world a better place, one mollusk at a time."