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

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Publication Campbell & Lydeard (2012): taxonomic opinions
     publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Campbell, D.C. & C. Lydeard. 2012. The genera of the Pleurobemini (Bivalvia: Unionidae: Ambleminae). American Malacological Bulletin 30(1): 19-38. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Amblema elliottii (Lea, 1856)

Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)

Dromus dromas (Lea, 1834)

Elliptio arca (Conrad, 1834)

Elliptio arctata (Conrad, 1834)

Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786)
+ Unio purpurascens Lamarck, 1819

Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck, 1819)
+ Unio (Elliptio) nigra Rafinesque, 1820

Elliptio mcmichaeli Clench & Turner, 1956

Elliptio pullata (Lea, 1856)

Elliptio purpurella (Lea, 1857)

Elliptio shepardiana (Lea, 1834)
+ Unio sheppardianus Catlow & Reeve, 1845

Elliptio (Eurynia) dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Eurynia dilatata

Elliptoideus sloatianus (Lea, 1840)

Epioblasma rangiana (Lea, 1838)

Fusconaia burkei (Walker, 1922)

Fusconaia cerina (Conrad, 1838)

Fusconaia cor (Conrad, 1834)

Fusconaia cuneolus (Lea, 1840)

Fusconaia escambia Clench & Turner, 1956

Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio trigonus Lea, 1831

Fusconaia masoni (Conrad, 1834)
+ Unio subplanus Conrad, 1837

Fusconaia ozarkensis (Call, 1887)

Fusconaia subrotunda (Lea, 1831)

Glebula rotundata (Lamarck, 1819)

Hemistena lata (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Odatelia radiata Rafinesque, 1832
+ Unio (Sayunio) dehiscens var. oriensopsis de Gregorio, 1914

Lampsilis ovata (Say, 1817)

Lampsilis virescens (Lea, 1858)

Lemiox rimosus (Rafinesque, 1831)

Obliquaria reflexa (Rafinesque, 1820)

Obovaria jacksoniana = Obovaria arkansasensis
+ Unio castaneus Lea, 1831

Plectomerus dombeyanus (Valenciennes, 1827)

Plethobasus cicatricosus (Say, 1829)

Plethobasus cooperianus (Lea, 1834)

Plethobasus cyphyus (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio aesopus Green, 1827

Pleurobema athearni Gangloff et al., 2006
+ Pleurobema georgianum Campbell et al., 2005

Pleurobema beadlianum [sic] (Lea, 1861) = Pleurobema beadleianum

Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819)
+ Pleurobema mytiloides Rafinesque, 1820
+ Obliquaria (Scalenaria) scalenia Rafinesque, 1820

Pleurobema collina (Conrad, 1837) = Parvaspina collina

Pleurobema decisum (Lea, 1831)

Pleurobema furvum (Conrad, 1834) = Pleurobema rubellum

Pleurobema georgianum (Lea, 1841)

Pleurobema hanleyianum (Lea, 1852)

Pleurobema oviforme (Conrad, 1834)

Pleurobema perovatum (Conrad, 1834)

Pleurobema pyriforme (Lea, 1857)

Pleurobema stabilis = Pleurobema stabile

Pleurobema strodeanum (Wright, 1898)

Pleurobema taitianum (Lea, 1834)

Pleurobema (Sintoxia) cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) = Pleurobema cordatum

Pleurobema (Sintoxia) plena (Lea, 1840) = Pleurobema plenum

Pleurobema (Sintoxia) riddellii (Lea, 1862) = Pleurobema riddellii

Pleurobema (Sintoxia) rubrum (Rafinesque, 1820) = Epioblasma obliquata
+ Obliquaria (Scalenaria) obliquata Rafinesque, 1820

Pleurobema (Sintoxia) rubrum (Rafinesque, 1820) = Pleurobema sintoxia

Pleurobema (Sintoxia) sintoxia (Rafinesque, 1820) = Pleurobema sintoxia

Pleuronaia barnesiana (Lea, 1838)

Pleuronaia dolabelloides (Lea, 1840)

Pleuronaia gibbera (Lea, 1838) = Pleuronaia gibber

Popenaias popeii

Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817)

Potamilus capax (Green, 1832)

Pseudoon olivarium (Rafinesque, 1820) = Obovaria olivaria
+ Unio ellipsis Lea, 1828

Quadrula nobilis

Quadrula quadrula

Quadrula rumphiana (Lea, 1852) = Quadrula quadrula

Reginaia apalachicola (Williams & Fradkin, 1999)

Reginaia ebenus (Lea, 1831)

Reginaia rotulata (Wright, 1899)

Rotundaria infucata = Pustulosa infucata

Rotundaria kleiniana = Pustulosa kleiniana

Rotundaria pustulosa = Pustulosa pustulosa

Rotundaria refulgens (Lea, 1868) = Pustulosa pustulosa

Rotundaria succissa = Pustulosa succissa

Rotundaria tuberculata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Cyclonaias tuberculata

Theliderma metanevra

Toxolasma lividum (Rafinesque, 1831)

Tritogonia verrucosa (Rafinesque, 1820) = Quadrula verrucosa

Uniomerus carolinensis [sic] (Bosc, 1801) = Uniomerus carolinianus

Uniomerus columbensis (Lea, 1857)

Uniomerus declivis (Say, 1831)

Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say, 1831)

Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836)

Venustaconcha pleasii (Marsh, 1891)
+ Venustaconcha pleasii Campbell et al., 2005

Venustaconcha pleasii (Marsh, 1891) = Venustaconcha ellipsiformis

Villosa fabalis (Lea, 1831) = Paetulunio fabalis