Publication Williams et al. (2008): summary

Full Citation

Williams, J.D., A.E. Bogan & J.T. Garner. 2008. Freshwater Mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. 908 pp.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Euanodonata Williams et al., 2008

(error for Euanodonta Westerlund, 1890)
Williams et al., 2008. Freshw. Mussels AL and Mobile Basin: 136.
Type species: Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758 = Anodonta cygnea

Leucosilla Scudder, 1882

(error for Loncosilla Rafinesque, 1831)
‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Scudder, 1882. Nomen. Zool., Suppl.: 187. [nomen nudum]
Cox et al., 1969. Treatise on Invert. Paleo 2: N862.
Williams et al., 2008. Freshw. Mussels AL and Mobile Basin: 102.
Type species: Loncosilla solenoides Rafinesque, 1831 = Novaculina gangetica

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta arkansasensis ‘Lea’ of Authors = Strophitus undulatus

(error for Anodonta arkansensis Lea, 1852)
‘Lea’ of Authors.
B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [6].
Call, 1895. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 7: 60.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 617.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 347.
Williams et al., 2008. Freshw. Mussels AL and Mobile Basin: 709.
Watters et al., 2009. Freshw. Mussels OH: 294.

Epioblasma capsaeformis ‘Lea’ of Authors = Epioblasma ahlstedti

(misidentified reference to Unio capsaeformis Lea, 1834)
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Jones et al., 2006. J. Moll. Studies 72: 269.
Williams et al., 2008. Freshw. Mussels AL and Mobile Basin: 288.

Unio elegans var. elagantopsis Williams et al., 2008 = Truncilla truncata

(error for Unio elegans var. elegantopsis de Gregorio, 1914)
‘de Gregorio’ Williams et al., 2008. Freshw. Mussels AL and Mobile Basin: 739.

Unio triangularis var. longisculus Parmalee & Bogan, 1998 = Epioblasma triquetra

(error for Unio triangularis var. longiusculus de Gregorio, 1914)
‘de Gregorio’ Parmalee & Bogan, 1998. The Freshwater Mussels of Tennessee: 108.
‘de Gregorio’ Williams et al., 2008. Freshw. Mussels AL and Mobile Basin: 283.

Unio pectitis Williams et al., 2008 = Epioblasma obliquata

(error for Unio pectitus Conrad, 1854)
‘Conrad’ Williams et al., 2008. Freshw. Mussels AL and Mobile Basin: 258.

Unio plantus Williams et al., 2008 = Potamilus fragilis

(error for Unio planus Barnes, 1823)
‘Barnes’ Williams et al., 2008. Freshw. Mussels AL and Mobile Basin: 419.

Unio propecaelatus Parmalee & Bogan, 1998 = Pegias fabula

(error for Unio propecoelatus de Gregorio, 1914)
‘de Gregorio’ Parmalee & Bogan, 1998. The Freshwater Mussels of Tennessee: 169.
‘de Gregorio’ Williams et al., 2008. Freshw. Mussels AL and Mobile Basin: 483.

Unio subteritus [sic] var. purcheornatus Parmalee & Bogan, 1998 = Ptychobranchus subtentus

(error for Unio subteritus [sic] var. purchreornatus de Gregorio, 1914)
‘de Gregorio’ Parmalee & Bogan, 1998. The Freshwater Mussels of Tennessee: 204.
‘de Gregorio’ Williams et al., 2008. Freshw. Mussels AL and Mobile Basin: 629.

Taxonomic Opinions

186 species (and/or subspecies) were recognized as valid in this publication (816 total species taxonomic opinions).