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Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
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freshwater bivalves
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freshwater mussels
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Data last updated
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Publication Strayer & Jirka (1997): taxonomic opinions

publication summary

Complete 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.

Taxonomic Opinions

Actinonaias ligamentina (Lamarck) = Ortmanniana ligamentina
+ Unio carinatus Barnes, 1823

Alasmidonta heterodon (Lea) = Prolasmidonta heterodon

Alasmidonta marginata Say
+ Margaritana marginata var. truncata B.H. Wright, 1898

Alasmidonta undulata (Say)

Alasmidonta varicosa (Lamarck)
+ Alasmodon corrugata De Kay, 1843

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 = Pyganodon cataracta
+ Anodonta (s.s.) atra Rafinesque, 1820

Anodonta implicata Say = Utterbackiana implicata

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 torulosa rangiana (Lea) = Epioblasma rangiana

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)
+ Unio orbiculatus Hildreth, 1828

Lampsilis abrupta (Say) = Obovaria subrotunda

Lampsilis cariosa (Say)
+ Lampsilis pallida Rafinesque, 1820

Lampsilis fasciola Rafinesque
+ Unio multiradiatus Lea, 1829

Lampsilis ovata (Say)
+ 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 ovata (Say) = Lampsilis cardium

Lampsilis radiata (Gmelin) = Atlanticoncha ochracea
+ 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 radiata (Gmelin)

Lampsilis radiata (Gmelin) = Lampsilis siliquoidea

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

Ligumia subrostrata (Say) = Sagittunio subrostratus

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 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

Pleurobema cordatum (Conrad) [sic]

Pleurobema cordatum (Conrad) [sic] = Pleurobema sintoxia

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
+ Anodonta simpsoniana Lea, 1861