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Publication Vidrine (1993): summary
Full Citation
Vidrine, M.F. 1993. The Historical Distributions of Freshwater Mussels in Louisiana. 255 pp., 20 pl.
Attributed Nominal Species
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic] beadleana ‘Lea’ of Authors = Pleurobema beadleianum
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 57.
Vidrine, 1993. Histr. Distr. Freshw. Mussels LA: 63 [as ‘Pleurobema beadleanum’].
Burdick & White, 2007. J. Moll. Studies 73: 370 [as ‘Pleurobema beadleanum’].
Haag, 2012. N. Amer. Freshw. Mussels: 71 [as ‘Pleurobema beadleanum’].
(error for Unio beadleianus Lea, 1861)
Uniomerus declivus ‘Say’ of Authors = 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)
Quadrula lachrymosa ‘Lea’ of Authors = Quadrula quadrula
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 378.
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 177.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 256.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 497.
Reeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 9, sp. 33.
Call, 1895. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 7: 21.
F.C. Baker, 1898. Bull. Chicago Acad. Sci. 3(1): 83, pl. 25, fig. 1; pl. 12, fig. 2.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 776.
Call, 1900. Ind. Dept. Geol. Nat. Res. (1899): 489.
Ortmann, 1909. Nautilus 22(10): 100.
Ortmann, 1909. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 5: 199.
Ortmann, 1910. Nautilus 23(11): 140.
Ortmann, 1910. Nautilus 23: 116.
Ortmann, 1912. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 8: 253.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 839, 841.
Vanatta, 1915. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 67: 556.
Ortmann & Walker, 1922. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (112): 14, 16.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 47.
F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 84.
R.I. Johnson, 1980. Bull. MCZ 149(2): 90.
Vidrine, 1993. Histr. Distr. Freshw. Mussels LA: 53.
Strayer & Jirka, 1997. Pearly Mussels NY (26): 98.
(error for Unio lacrymosus Lea, 1828)
Unio texasensis ‘Lea’ of Authors = Toxolasma texasiense
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 359.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 59.
B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [5].
Pilsbry & Rhoads, 1896. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 48: 505.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 563.
Ortmann, 1915. Nautilus 28(12): 141.
Utterback, 1916. Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(9): 398.
Gordon et al., 1979. Bull. AMU (1979): 35, Table 3.
Cummings & Mayer, 1992. Freshw. Mussels Midwest (5): 134.
Vidrine, 1993. Histr. Distr. Freshw. Mussels LA: 169.
R.I. Johnson, 1999. Occ. Pap. Moll. 6(77): 34.
Bogan, 2010. FADA: [web].
ITIS, 2012. ITIS: [web].
Haag, 2012. N. Amer. Freshw. Mussels: 70 [as ‘Toxolasma texasensis’].
McMurray et al., 2012. Mo. Freshw. Mussels: 57 [as ‘Toxolasma texasense’].
Marshall et al., 2018. Amer. Malac. Bull. 36(1): 44.
(error for Unio texasiensis Lea, 1857)
Taxonomic Opinions
Actinonaias ligamentina (Lamarck, 1819) = Ortmanniana ligamentina
+ Unio carinatus Barnes, 1823
+ Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) ligamentina var. gibbus Simpson, 1900
+ Unio pinguis Lea, 1857
Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818
Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) = Amblema plicata + Megalonaias nervosa
+ Unio perplicatus Conrad, 1841
+ Unio boykinianus Lea, 1840
+ Amblema costata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio undulatus Barnes, 1823
Anodonta suborbiculata Say, 1831 = Utterbackiana suborbiculata
Anodontoides radiatus (Conrad, 1834) = Strophitus radiatus
There are 142 species taxonomic opinions attributed to this publication.
Arcidens confragosus (Say, 1829)
Corbicula fluminea (Muller)
Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas)
Ellipsaria lineolata (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio securis Lea, 1829
Elliptio arca (Conrad, 1834)
Elliptio arctata (Conrad, 1834)
Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck, 1819)
+ Unio (Elliptio) nigra Rafinesque, 1820
Elliptio dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Eurynia dilatata + Elliptio arca
+ Unio gibbosus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio subgibbosus Lea, 1857
Fusconaia askewi (Marsh, 1896) = Fusconaia askewi + Fusconaia lananensis
+ Quadrula lananensis Frierson, 1901
Fusconaia cerina (Conrad, 1838)
Fusconaia ebena (Lea, 1831) = Reginaia ebenus
+ Amblema antrosa Rafinesque, 1820
Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820) = Fusconaia flava + Fusconaia chunii
+ Unio undatus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio chunii Lea, 1861
+ Unio trigonus Lea, 1831
Glebula rotundata (Lamarck, 1819)
+ Unio suborbiculata Lamarck, 1819
Lampsilis abrupta (Say, 1831) = Lampsilis abrupta + Obovaria subrotunda
+ Unio orbiculatus Hildreth, 1828
Lampsilis cardium (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio ventricosus Barnes, 1823
Lampsilis claibornensis (Lea, 1838) = Lampsilis straminea
Lampsilis hydiana (Lea, 1838) = Lampsilis hydiana + Lampsilis straminea
+ Unio approximus Lea, 1845
+ Unio obtusus Lea, 1840
Lampsilis ornata (Conrad, 1835)
+ Unio excavatus Lea, 1857
Lampsilis satura (Lea, 1852)
Lampsilis siliquoidea (Barnes, 1823) = Lampsilis siliquoidea + Lampsilis radiata + Ortmanniana ligamentina
+ Unio luteola Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio (Elliptio) fasciata Rafinesque, 1820
Lampsilis teres (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio anodontoides Lea, 1831
+ Lampsilis fallaciosus Smith, 1899
Lasmigona complanata (Barnes, 1823) = Pterosyna complanata + Pterosyna alabamensis
+ Lasmigona (Lasmigona) complanata alabamensis Clarke, 1985
Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) = Potamilus fragilis
+ Unio gracilis Barnes, 1823
Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819)
Ligumia subrostrata (Say, 1831) = Sagittunio subrostratus
+ Unio mississippiensis Conrad, 1850
+ Unio rutersvillensis Lea, 1859
Margaritifera hembeli (Conrad, 1838)
Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio crassus var. giganteus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio heros Say, 1829
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
Obovaria subrotunda (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio circulus Lea, 1829
Obovaria unicolor (Lea, 1845)
Plectomerus dombeyana (Valenciennes, 1827) = Plectomerus dombeyanus
+ Unio trapezoides Lea, 1831
Pleurobema beadleanum [sic] (Lea, 1861) = Pleurobema beadleianum
Pleurobema pyramidatum (Lea, 1840) = Pleurobema sintoxia + Epioblasma obliquata
+ Obliquaria rubra Rafinesque, 1820
+ Obliquaria (Scalenaria) obliquata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio cuneus Conrad, 1838
Pleurobema riddelli (Lea, 1861) = Pleurobema riddellii + Pustulosa pustulosa
+ Unio houstonensis Lea, 1859
+ Unio friersoni B.H. Wright, 1896
Potamilus amphichaenus (Frierson, 1898)
Potamilus capax (Green, 1832)
+ Unio globulus Featherman, 1872
Potamilus inflatus (Lea, 1831)
Potamilus ohiensis (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Anodonta ohioensis ‘Rafinesque’ of Authors
+ Symphynota laevissima Lea, 1829
Potamilus purpurata (Lamarck, 1819) = Potamilus purpuratus
Ptychobranchus occidentalis (Conrad, 1836)
Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)
+ Anodonta stewartiana Lea, 1834
+ Anodonta gigantea Lea, 1838
+ Anodonta corpulenta Cooper, 1834
+ Anodonta opaca Lea, 1852
Quadrula apiculata (Say, 1829) = Quadrula quadrula
+ Unio nobilis Conrad, 1854
Quadrula cylindrica (Say, 1817) = Theliderma cylindrica
Quadrula metanevra (Rafinesque, 1820) = Theliderma metanevra
Quadrula mortoni (Conrad, 1835) = Pustulosa pustulosa
+ Unio turgidus Lea, 1838
+ Unio sphaericus Lea, 1868
+ Unio nodiferus Conrad, 1841
Quadrula nodulata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Pustulosa nodulata
+ Unio pustulatus Lea, 1831
Quadrula pustulosa (Lea, 1831) = Pustulosa pustulosa
+ Unio schoolcraftii ‘Lea’ of Authors
Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820) = Quadrula quadrula + Quadrula fragosa
+ Quadrula lachrymosa ‘Lea’ of Authors
+ Unio asper Lea, 1831
+ Unio lacrymosus Lea, 1828
+ Unio asperrimus Lea, 1831
+ Quadrula fragosa Scammon, 1906
Quadrula refulgens (Lea, 1868) = Pustulosa pustulosa
Strophitus subvexus (Conrad, 1834) = Pseudodontoideus subvexus
Strophitus undulatus (Say, 1817) = Strophitus undulatus + Amblema plicata
+ Anodonta tetragona Lea, 1845
+ Unio plicatus ‘Say’ of Authors
Toxolasma parvus (Barnes, 1823) = Toxolasma parvum + Toxolasma texasiense
+ Lampsilis (Carunculina) texasensis var. compressus Simpson, 1900
+ Lampsilis mearnsi Simpson, 1900
Toxolasma texasensis [sic] (Lea, 1857) = Toxolasma texasiense
+ Unio bairdianus Lea, 1857
+ Unio bealei Lea, 1862
Tritogonia verrucosa (Rafinesque, 1820) = Quadrula verrucosa
Truncilla donaciformis (Lea, 1828)
+ Unio zigzag Lea, 1829
Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio elegans Lea, 1831
Uniomerus declivus [sic] (Say, 1831) = Uniomerus declivis
Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say, 1831)
+ Unio camptodon Say, 1832
+ Unio symmetricus Lea, 1845
+ Unio jamesianus Lea, 1857
Utterbackia imbecillis (Say, 1829)
+ Anodonta ohiensis ‘Rafinesque’ of Authors
Villosa lienosa (Conrad, 1834) = Leaunio lienosus
+ Unio nigerrimus Lea, 1852
+ Unio haleianus Lea, 1842
Villosa vibex (Conrad, 1834)
