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Publication Strayer & Jirka (1997): summary
Full Citation
Strayer, D.L. & K.J. Jirka. 1997. The Pearly Mussels of New York State. New York State Museum Memoir (26). 113 pp., 27 pls.
Attributed Nominal Species
Unio hippopaeus ‘Lea’ of Authors = Amblema plicata
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 21 [as ‘hippopæus’].
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 261 [as ‘hippopæus’].
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 497 [as ‘hippopæus’].
Reeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 11, sp. 40 [as ‘hippopæus’].
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 31 [as ‘hippopæus’].
B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [3], [as ‘hippopæus’].
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 767 [as ‘hippopæa’].
Ortmann, 1909. Nautilus 22(10): 101 [as ‘Q. hippopæa’].
Ortmann, 1909. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 5: 203 [as ‘Quadrula undulata hippopæa’].
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 816 [as ‘hippopæa’].
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 61.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 287.
Clarke, 1973. Malacologia 13(1-2): 35.
Burch, 1975. Freshw. Unio. North Amer.: 165.
Strayer & Jirka, 1997. Pearly Mussels NY (26): 98.
He & Zhuang, 2013. Freshwater Bivalves China: 27.
(error for Unio hippopoeus Lea, 1845)
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)
Taxonomic Opinions
Actinonaias ligamentina (Lamarck) = Ortmanniana ligamentina
+ Unio carinatus Barnes, 1823
Alasmidonta marginata Say
+ Margaritana marginata var. truncata B.H. Wright, 1898
Alasmidonta undulata (Say)
Alasmidonta varicosa (Lamarck)
+ Alasmodon corrugata De Kay, 1843
There are 165 species taxonomic opinions attributed to this publication.
Alasmidonta viridis (Rafinesque) = Sulcularia viridis
+ Unio calceolus Lea, 1828
+ Margaritana deltoidea Lea, 1838
Amblema plicata (Say)
+ Amblema costata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio hippopoeus Lea, 1845
+ Unio undulatus Barnes, 1823
Anodonta implicata Say = Utterbackiana implicata + Pyganodon cataracta
+ Anodonta (s.s.) atra Rafinesque, 1820
Anodontoides ferussacianus (Lea)
+ Anodonta buchanensis Lea, 1838
+ Anodonta ferruginea Lea, 1840
+ Anodonta modesta Lea, 1857
+ Anodonta subcylindracea Lea, 1838
+ Anodonta cylindrica Dewey, 1856
Cyclonaias tuberculata (Rafinesque)
+ Unio verrucosus Barnes, 1823
Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot)
+ Unio (Elliptio) aurata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio fluviatilis Green, 1827
+ Unio georgina Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio purpurascens Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio rarisulcata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio rhombula Lamarck, 1819
Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck)
Elliptio dilatata (Rafinesque) = Eurynia dilatata
+ Unio gibbosus Barnes, 1823
+ Elliptio dilatata var. sterkii Grier, 1918
Epioblasma obliquata (Rafinesque)
Epioblasma torulosa
+ Unio perplexus Lea, 1831
Epioblasma triquetra (Rafinesque)
+ Unio triangularis Barnes, 1823
Fusconaia ebena (Lea) = Reginaia ebenus
Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque)
+ Fusconaia flava var. parvula Grier, 1918
+ Unio rubiginosus Lea, 1829
+ Unio trigonus Lea, 1831
Lampsilis abrupta (Say) = Lampsilis abrupta + Obovaria subrotunda
+ Unio orbiculatus Hildreth, 1828
Lampsilis cariosa (Say)
+ Lampsilis pallida Rafinesque, 1820
Lampsilis fasciola Rafinesque
+ Unio multiradiatus Lea, 1829
Lampsilis ovata (Say) = Lampsilis ovata + Lampsilis cardium
+ Lampsilis cardium Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio ventricosus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio canadensis Lea, 1857
+ Lampsilis (s.s.) ventricosa var. lurida Simpson, 1914
+ Unio occidens Lea, 1829
Lampsilis radiata (Gmelin) = Lampsilis radiata + Atlanticoncha ochracea + Lampsilis siliquoidea
+ Unio borealis Gray, 1882
+ Unio boydianus Lea, 1840
+ Unio luteola Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio rosaceus De Kay, 1843
+ Lampsilis radiata oneidensis F.C. Baker, 1916
Lampsilis siliquoidea (Barnes)
+ Unio distans J.G. Anthony, 1865
+ Unio inflatus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio superiorensis Marsh, 1897
Lampsilis teres (Rafinesque)
+ Unio anodontoides Lea, 1831
Lasmigona complanata (Barnes) = Pterosyna complanata
+ Unio katherinae Lea, 1838
Lasmigona compressa (Lea) = Platynaias compressa
+ Unio compressus var. plebius C.B. Adams, 1842
+ Margaron (Unio) pressus Lea, 1852
Lasmigona costata (Rafinesque)
+ Lasmigona costata var. ereganensis Grier, 1918
+ Alasmodonta rugosa Barnes, 1823
Lasmigona subviridis (Conrad) = Platynaias subviridis
+ Unio tappanianus Lea, 1838
+ Unio viridis Conrad, 1835
Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque) = Potamilus fragilis
+ Unio gracilis Barnes, 1823
+ Lampsilis gracilis lacustris F.C. Baker, 1922
Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque) = Potamilus leptodon
+ Symphynota tenuissima Lea, 1829
Leptodea ochracea (Say) = Atlanticoncha ochracea
+ Lampsilis rosea Rafinesque, 1820
Ligumia nasuta (Say) = Sagittunio nasutus
+ Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) attenuata Rafinesque, 1820
Ligumia recta (Lamarck)
+ Unio (Eurynia) latissima Rafinesque, 1820
Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus)
+ Alasmodonta arcuata Barnes, 1823
Obliquaria reflexa Rafinesque
+ Unio cornutus Barnes, 1823
Obovaria olivaria (Rafinesque)
+ Unio ellipsis Lea, 1828
Obovaria subrotunda (Rafinesque)
+ Unio leibii Lea, 1862
Pleurobema clava (Lamarck)
+ Unio patulus Lea, 1829
Pleurobema cordatum (Conrad) [sic] = Pleurobema cordatum + Pleurobema sintoxia + Pleurobema plenum
+ Unio coccineus Conrad, 1836
+ Obliquaria (Sintoxia) sintoxia Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio plenus Lea, 1840
+ Obliquaria rubra Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio pyramidatus Lea, 1831
+ Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) coccinea var. paupercula Simpson, 1900
+ Unio solidus Lea, 1838
Potamilus alatus (Say)
+ Metaptera megaptera Rafinesque, 1820
Potamilus capax (Green)
Potamilus ohiensis (Rafinesque)
+ Symphynota laevissima Lea, 1829
Ptychobranchus fasciolaris (Rafinesque)
+ Ptychobranchus fasciolaris var. lacustris F.C. Baker, 1928
+ Unio phaseolus Hildreth, 1828
Pyganodon cataracta (Say)
+ Anodonta (s.s.) cuneata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Anodonta excurvata De Kay, 1843
+ Anodonta fluviatilis ‘Gmelin’ of Authors
+ Anodonta tryonii Lea, 1862
+ Anodonta williamsii Lea, 1862
Pyganodon grandis (Say)
+ Symphynota benedictensis Lea, 1834
+ Anodonta decora Lea, 1838
+ Anodonta footiana Lea, 1840
+ Anodonta gigantea Lea, 1838
+ Anodonta kennicottii Lea, 1861
+ Anodonta lewisii Lea, 1857
+ Anodonta ovata Lea, 1838
+ Anodonta pepinianus Lea, 1838
+ Anodonta plana Lea, 1834
+ Anodonta salmonia Lea, 1838
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Pyganodon lacustris (Lea) = Pyganodon lacustris + Pyganodon cataracta
+ Anodonta marginata Say, 1817
Quadrula nodulata = Pustulosa nodulata
+ Unio pustulatus Lea, 1831
Quadrula quadrula Rafinesque
+ Unio lacrymosus Lea, 1828
Simpsonaias ambigua (Say)
+ Unio hildrethianus Lea, 1834
Strophitus undulatus (Say)
+ Alasmodonta edentula Say, 1829
+ Anodonta pavonia Lea, 1838
+ Anodon unadilla De Kay, 1843
Toxolasma parvum (Barnes)
Tritogonia verrucosa (Rafinesque) = Quadrula verrucosa
+ Unio tuberculatus Barnes, 1823
Truncilla donaciformis (Lea)
Truncilla truncata Rafinesque
+ Unio elegans Lea, 1831
Unio pictorum Linnaeus
Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say)
Utterbackia imbecillis (Say)
Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad)
+ Unio spatulatus Lea, 1845
Villosa fabalis (Lea) = Paetulunio fabalis
Villosa iris (Lea) = Cambarunio iris
+ Unio novieboraci Lea, 1838
